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1. CPU Fan o a 7 8 Ke Ea 3 3 4Pin PR 2 Oo g EIS 7 Processor ji N C Hal 3 8 E of E 9 Intel G33 B WOL KS Tili o jI North Bridge ne Slo POLE x1 Sep PCE x16 GLAN CTRL np EM Jm gm E se E z sa v n r vov E Agee Audio CTRL ree A gt i d Sat j La E SEI G S E Bi E SE Erie Eisg A H ng Eis BIOS 5 2k pose let fg oO IS Is Bole ps pe S e JE X o ZE Case ae cl D Gran Cen ro peer eA ETIN z l E DEER ITE 8212 SE z 5 CON jot Perda Baz See E SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual GLAN 1 Giga bit Ethernet Port A G bit Ethernet port is located at J11 on the IO backplane This port accepts RJ45 type cables Speaker A Speaker Buzzer header J9 is Speaker Connector located on the motherboard See the Pin Definitions table on the right for speaker pin defi Pin Setting Definition nitions Note The speaker connector Pins 3 4 Internal Speaker pins are for use with an external Pins 1 4 External Speaker speaker If you wish to use the on board speaker you should close pins 3 4 with a jumper KBIMOUSE
2. a k key 2 d pu af o E Las I e Audio CTRL E An j ja7 ii fot PCRS ESATA CS LJ ee Audio Enabled Geteste a3 Le ECKE c oo o o o mpoo P E P E EE Fidio Rigel E CD N jb Poa rS Hei S A z F er D PUSE WE oe las 5 e S Se ST OSC m In a jerfa a meee enee beid ar rer cee ER E ITE 8212 COW betreie ES te yo el EE IDE Enable Jumper Settings Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default 2 3 Disabled TPM Enable Jumper Settings Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default Disabled A IDE Enable B TPM Enable Chapter 2 Installation Audio Enable JP5 enables or disables the onboard audio connections See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is Enabled N les CPI o B KB 2 Ba spe S sw CS 3 3 bi E ce E las Bs Bs La Intel G33 e P Ea North Bridge FS Slot PCLExt GLAN CTRL U Fan Audio Enable Jumper Settings so W83627DHG _ Floppy
3. PPn PAR 2 SE og ES EI Jo n lt a b 2 A NX BIK A Keyboard Mouse gt Ei EZ a o 4 S a 2 Intel G33 7 Ges B COM1 A North Bridge Siot PCLE xt GLAN CTRL Pal N BR PLA WOR fas EDE EE Rising EH Audio CTRL LEE Se lat isi j e Lag a l I Jil Audio Enabled Gre CS Fe Lak Rimi Rii pE E CD N EN Risin isine E o H Sp Inge Siet ve ER D i PUSE PUST bb oO Ce S e EE Dei e od Perda m M BERE E FIDE CIRL mes k Boo e font AUGIO Ce e v oa SEN H ENA aa ameen ire a212 laz ee Leer 5 mom DESCH KEE me Wei ERR Chapter 2 Installation Wake On Ring The Wake On Ring header is des Wake On Ring ignated JWOR This function allows Pin Definitions your computer to receive and be Pin Definition awakened by an incoming call when 1 Ground in the suspend state See the table on 2 Wake up the right for pin definitions You must have a Wake On Ring card and cable to use this feature Wake On LAN Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN header is located Pin pennitons at JWOL on the motherboard See the Fe Definition table on the right for pin definitions 1 5V Standby You must also have a LAN card with 2 Ground a Wake On LAN connector and cable Wake up to use this feature
4. Audio CTRL 3 aa T d Bu PSII Audio Enabled or e CD IN i EA N o ep4 BIOS O E mmm D rontAudlo Bakar lot PCI 33MHz Buzzeh pan F N D 8 mn Bei Please see important notes on Page 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction C2SBA tlI C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE Quick Reference Jumpers Description Default Setting JBT1 CMOS Clear See Chapter 2 JKB Keyboard Enabled Pins 1 2 Enabled JI2C1 J12C2 SMB to PCI Slots Open Open Disabled JP2 ITE IDE Enabled Pins 1 2 Enabled See Note 4 JP3 TPM Enabled Pins 1 2 Enabled See Note 6 JP5 Audio Enabled Pins 1 2 Enabled JPL1 Giga bit LAN Enab Pins 1 2 Enabled JPUSB1 B P USB Wake Up Pins 2 3 Disabled JPUSB2 F P USB Wake Up Pins 2 3 Disabled JWD Watch Dog Enable Pins 1 2 Reset Connectors Description Audio Audio Port J46 FP Audio Front Panel Audio Connector J12 CD1 Audio CD Input CD In Header COM1 COM2 COM Port Serial Port 1 amp Port 2 Connectors J31 J13 DIMM 1A 2A 1B 4 2B Memory DIMM Slots 1 through 4 Fans 1 5 Fan CPU Fan Fan2 5 System Chassis Fan Headers Floppy Floppy Disk Connector J27 Front Control Panel Front Control Panel Header JF 1 IDE 1 IDE 2 IDE Hard Drive 1 amp Hard Drive 2 See Note 4 J9 Speaker Header J40 ATX 24 Pin Power Connector J41 12V 4 pin Power Connector Requ
5. g 2 Gaee et Geld JO SUPER C2SBA d ee j jjijljlie Back Panel I O Port Locations and Definitions Back Panel Connectors Keyboard Purple PS 2 Mouse Green COM Port 1 Turquoise Parallel Port Printer Back Panel USB Port 3 Back Panel USB Port4 Back Panel USB Port 5 Back Panel USB Port 6 9 Back Panel USB Port 1 10 Back Panel USB Port 2 11 Gigabit LAN 1 12 Side_Surround Grey 13 Back_Surround Black 14 CEN LFE Orange 15 Microphone In Pink 16 Front Green 17 Line In Blue 18 VGA Not included on the C2SBE ONO OA BQ N 2 8 Chapter 2 Installation Front Control Panel JF1 contains header pins for various buttons and indicators that are normally lo cated on a control panel at the front of the chassis These connectors are designed specifically for use with Super Micro server chassis See the pictures below for the descriptions of the various control panel buttons and LED indicators Refer to the following section for descriptions and pin definitions JF1 Header Pins SUPER C2SBA Power LED LED_Anode E HDD LED LED_Anode a NIC1 LED LE
6. E see s Cem Py Audio CTRL Kee ZG SS Cas Ze E rehi Di i n a CD N aragna an Cla E m i PER BIOS r B esen gee le PUSE PUSBY pe cee z E EE E L KOL M D Ei CG ho cn pao meo moo e DI FomAwo Ce TA ka b s rte a GONE WE RON Leen Ee n me Wi i IC Pin Definition 1 2 J Enabled default Disabled A Audio Enable SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual KB MOUSE Oe EFS RE Es USB Wake Up Use JPUSB jumpers JPUSB1 JPUSB2 to en able the function of System Wake Up via USB devices which allows you to wake up the system by pressing a key on the USB keyboard or by clicking the USB mouse of your system The JPUSB jumpers are used together with the USB Wake Up function in the BIOS Enable both jumpers and the BIOS setting to allow the system to wake up via USB Devices See the table on the right for jumper settings and jumper connections Note JPUSB1 is for Back Panel USB ports 1 2 3 4 5 6 and JPUSB2 is for Front Panel USB ports 7 8 9 10 and Front Accessible USB ports 11 12 Note The default jumper setting for the USB ports is Disabled However when the USB Wake Up function is enabled in the BIOS and the desired USB ports are enabled via the JPUSB jumper please be sure
7. Four drives of RAID 0 Examples of Invalid RAID Configurations Three drives of RAID 0 two drives of RAID 1 Note this table is applicable to Adaptec s HostRAID Controller Firmware only D 1 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual To configure the Adaptec SATA RAID for Operating Systems that support RAID functions Windows Red Hat amp SuSe Linux 1 Press the lt Del gt key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the system we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the lt Enter gt key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the lt Enter gt key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA Control Mode and press the lt Enter gt key to select Enhanced 5 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press lt Enter gt Then select En abled 6 Scroll down to ICH RAID Codebase and select Adaptec Then press lt En ter gt For ICH RAID Codebase Change the setting from Intel to Adaptec 7 Scroll down to Exit Select Exit Saving Changes from the Exit menu Press the lt Enter gt key to save the changes and exit
8. IDE Connectors For the IDE Drive Cohnectors C2SBA II C2SBA only Pin Definitions Pin Definition Pin Definition There are two IDE connectors on the ne z en C2SBA II C2SBA Be sure to close R DART ji dish Pin 1 and Pin 2 of JP2 to enable the 5 ena 6 GENEE IDE connectors before using them 7 Host Data 5 8 Host Data 10 Please refer to the jumper section for g BEY 10 Host Data 11 more details See the table on the right 11 Host Data 3 12 Host Data 12 for pin definitions 13 Host Data 2 14 Host Data 13 15 Host Data 1 16 Host Data 14 17 Host Data 0 18 Host Data 15 19 Ground 20 Key 21 DRQ3 22 Ground 23 UO Write 24 Ground 25 UO Read 26 Ground 27 IOCHRDY 23 BALE 29 DACK3 30 Ground 21 IRQ14 32 10CS16 33 Addr1 34 Ground 35 AddrO 36 Addr2 37 Chip Select 0 38 Chip Select 1 39 Activity 40 Ground NE CPU Fan raz 4PinPWR ZA Ee gt i W83627DHG coni i 24 pin ATX PWR A IDE 1 B IDE 2 E Intel 633 Flopp Z gt North Bridge Slot PCI E x1 Slot6 PCI E x16 GLAN CTRL ies d ER Wer Py Audio CTRL gt o o o o o 99 oo 0 999999 o
9. e SOS DPN SN QI Q9 N Line_2_L Pull down to Ground eat e S mm 2 SE i le A ae Zo x 3 8 ke Intel G33 ae ES 5 z CES g S 3 Oss North Bridge JE SE Sot POLE xt GLAN CTRL cows ou S05 PCLEX4 fo GE 2 Jm K h T NA CG N Han me ee EE Lag amp 0 Audio CTRL EE kw Li SS Silt FOES Him lt 5 PE Audio Enabled Ermia Ca S a CD N Ee See E re bi in d eo VE SNE eis ve _ aE N e Fraser izin FCB O Ces SCH 7 j S Bes E Je L A ot PONR n m oe g fcc aoa Nen d Te L lone DEELEN Ce E KA ev mechs GE ge GOM Bug en IS N Pin Definition PWR LED Pin Definitions ev Key Ground A Front Panel Audio B PWR LED Chapter 2 Installation 2 7 Jumper Settings KBIMOUSE Explanation of Jumpers To modify the operation of the motherboard jumpers can be used to choose between optional settings Jumpers create shorts between two pins to change the function of the connector Pin 1 is identified with a square solder pad on the printed circuit board See the motherboard layout pages for jumper locations Note On two pin jumpers Closed means the jumper is on and Open means the jumper is off the pins GLAN Enable Disable JPL1 enables or disables the GLAN Port on the
10. EE EE ka k n A sa ele SU H K KE e de k 2 31 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 3 1 Before Power OM s eeng as kar xua nase kelan k x kul ka a K na k y ted ENNER 3 1 NO POW EE 3 1 Mete e EE 3 1 Memory Errors ak a dl k l sl daa v la anda xoe dana Ak a xana Enka Zana Da a Waa WR En Wn kaka k n 3 2 Losing the System s Setup Configuration EEE 3 2 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual 3 2 Technical Support Procedures k Ek kk kK kK KE KA 3 2 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions LuuEEEEk kk kek kk keke kk ka kk ka ka KA KA KAK KH 3 3 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service Ei kk kk k k k kek 3 5 Chapter 4 BIOS ei Ne gel e en E 4 1 4 2 RUNNIN SOtU EE 4 2 4 3 Main BIOS e ME 4 3 4 4 Advanced Gen 4 7 A 5 Securty SE UP WEE 4 22 4 6 TPM State cocir occ awed ec AOT RE OREA 4 24 4 7 ee le EE 4 25 E 4 26 Appendices Appendix A BIOS POST Messages cccceccceeeeee kK KK KK A A 1 Appendix B BIOS POST CodeS s ENEE B 1 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelmes EEE C 1 ApAppendix D The Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines D 1 Appendix E Installing Other Software Programs and Drivers E 1 vi Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1 Overview Checklist Congratulations on purchasing your computer motherboard from an
11. c Press lt Enter gt to reset the RAID set drive A Warning message displays d Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu Exiting the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility a From the main menu select item4 Exit and press lt Enter gt A warning message will appear b Press Y to reset the drive or type N to go back to the main menu C 9 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual C 2 Installing the Windows XP 2003 OS for Systems with RAID Functions For C2SBA II only Note 1 Your motherboard may come with the ITE 8212 IDE Controller chip or the ITE 8211 Controller chip For proper OS installation please obtain your ITE IDE Controller model and other driver information before starting the OS installation To obtain your ITE Controller model or other driver information you can either reboot the system and obtain your controller driver Information displayed on the Option ROM screen at bootup or identify your ITE IDE Controller and other controller chips if available on the motherboard by referring to the board layout on Page 1 4 in Chapter 1 Note 2 The Intel ICH9R SATA RAID does not support the Windows 2000 1 10 Insert Microsoft s Windows XP 2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD See Note 1 above Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays When
12. Intel Virtualization Technology Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the feature of Virtualization Technology to allow one platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions 4 10 Chapter 4 BIOS creating multiple virtual systems in one computer The options are Enabled and Disabled Note If there is any change to this setting you will need to power off and restart the system for the change to take effect Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information No Execute Mode Memory Protection Available when supported by the CPU and the OS Set to Enabled to enable Execute Disable Bit and allow the processor to classify areas in memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot and thus preventing a worm or a virus from inserting and creating a flood of codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack The options are Disabled and Enabled For more information please visit Intel and Microsoft web sites Intel Speed Step Support Available when supported by the CPU Select Enabled to use the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology and allow the system to automatically adjust the processor voltage and core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation The options are Enabled C States GV1 GV3 are enabled GV1 GV3 Only C States Disabled C States Only G1 G3 Disabled and Disabled C States G
13. USB Wake Up This feature is used to awaken the system from Standby mode by a Universal Se rial Bus USB device such as a USB mouse or USB keyboard The options are Enabled and Disabled Power Loss Control This setting allows you to decide how the system will react when power returns after an unexpected loss of power The options are Stay Off Power On and Last State Legacy USB Support Select Enabled to enable Legacy USB Support The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 8 Chapter 4 BIOS Watch Dog Select Enabled to automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 4 minutes The options are Enabled and Disabled Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup gt Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor CPU Overclocking Available when supported by the CPU This feature allows the user to enable and configure Overclocking settings in order to boost system performance The options are Disabled 5 10 and 15 Please note that Supermicro does not recommend CPU Overclocking because it might cause the system to become unstable The default setting is Disabled If this feature is not set to Disabled the following two items will display CPU OverVoltage Available when su
14. Configuring a disk may overwrite the partition table on the disk and may make any data on the disk inaccessible If the drive is used in an array you may not be able to use the array again Do not configure a disk that is part of a boot array To determine which disks are associated with a particular array please refer to Viewing Array Properties To configure a disk drive 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Configure Drives and hit lt Enter gt as shown below anage firrays reate Array td Delete Hotspare Con igure Drives D 5 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual 2 From the Select Drives for Configuring List shown below select the drives you want to configure and press lt Insert gt lect drives for Configuring elected Drives HDC IT RIESEN 69 2CB HDC HD 486D B8FLf2 69 20B HDC HD 46CD 86FLAL 69 2CB HDC HD7486D B8FLRZ SEKR 3 The drive you ve selected will appear in the Selected Drives Dialog Box on the right as shown below Repeat the same steps until all drives that you want to configure appear in the selected drives box Select drives for Configuring Selected Drives DR ST JHBR1IAS 4 CH aa STIGAHLIRS W2 HDC KD74UCI BHFLAZ 69 26 83 HIC wel ge af 69 208 AS HDC HD74ACD orl 69 208 4 Once both drives display in the selected drive box press lt Enter gt D 6 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines 5 Read the warning message as shown in th
15. PATA and six Serial ATA SATA ports The ICH9R supports the following PATA and SATA device configurations Legacy mode and Native mode C 1 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Intel HostRAID Configurations The following types of Intel s HostRAID configurations are supported RAID 0 Data Striping this writes data in parallel interleaved striped sections of two hard drives Data transfer rate is doubled over using a single disk RAID1 Data Mirroring an identical data image from one drive is copied to another drive The second drive must be the same size or larger than the first drive RAID 10 Striping amp Mirroring RAID 0 and 1 schemes are combined without parity information to get the benefits of both RAID 5 both data and parity information are striped and mirrored across three or more hard drives Intel Matrix Storage The Intel Matrix Storage supported by the ICH9R allows the user to create RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets by using only six identical hard disk drives The Intel Matrix Storage Technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive and generate a virtual RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 and RAID 5 sets It also allows you the change the HDD partition size without any data Configuring BIOS settings for SATA RAID Functions in the Native Mode 1 Press the lt Del gt key during system bootup to enter the BIOS Setup Utility Note If it is the first time powering on the s
16. Select Auto to automatically enable the PCI Express Graphics Port if a PCI add on card is detected Select Disabled to always disable the PEG Port Select Enabled to always enable the PEG Port Debugging is enabled if a debug card is detected The default setting is Auto When the PCI Exp Graphics Port is enabled the following items will be displayed PEG Port Enabled PEG Port Number PEG Width PEG Port Slot Number PEG Power Limit PEG Slot Card Detect gt PCI Express x4 Slot Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following PCI Express Port 5 Select Enabled to always enable PCI Ex4 Port 5 Select Disabled to always disable PCI Ex4 Port 5 If PCI E x1 Port 1 is disabled PCI E x4 Port 5 will be disabled as well When set to Auto PCI Ex4 Port 5 will be enabled if a PCI add on card is detected The options are Auto Enabled and Disabled Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for the bus master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h 00A0h 00CO0h and OOEOh For Unix Novelle and other Operating Systems please se
17. Slot 1 to Slot 4 Slot 4 Not available on the C2SBA II C2SBAt BIOS e DMI 2 3 PCI 2 2 ACPI 1 0 2 0 SMBIOS 2 3 and Plug and Play PnP PC Health Monitoring e Onboard voltage monitors for CPU Core Voltage Memory Voltage 1 8V 3 3V 3 3V standby 5V Vbat battery voltage and 12V e Fan status monitor with firmware 4 pin fan speed control e CPU 3 Phase switching voltage regulator e SuperDoctor Ill Watch Dog NMI e Power up mode control for recovery from AC power loss e CPU System overheat LED and control e System resource alert via Supero Doctor III e Auto switching voltage regulator for the CPU core e CPU Thermal Trip support e Thermal Monitor 2 TM2 support e Trusted Platform Module TPM support ACPI Features Slow blinking LED for suspend state indicator e BIOS support for USB keyboard e Main switch override mechanism External modem ring on SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Onboard UO Built in ICH9 SATA Controller 4 connectors for 4 devices For the C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE Built in ICH9R SATA Controller 6 connectors for 6 devices For the C2SBA II 1 floppy port interface up to 2 88 MB 1 Fast UART 16550 compatible serial port neader Intel 82566 Gigabit Ethernet Controller PS 2 mouse and PS 2 keyboard ports ITE 8212 IDE controller or ITE 8211 IDE controller for PCB Rev 1 2a and above supports two IDE hard drives for the C2SBA II C2SBA only Up to 12 USB Universal Ser
18. Technology Wide Dynamic Execution FSB Dynamic Bus Inversion DBI Advanced Digital Media Boost Smart Memory Access and Thermal Management 2 TM2 the C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE delivers unparalleled system performance and great power efficiency in a slim package Please refer to the motherboard specifica tions pages on our web site http www supermicro com Products for updates on supported processors This product is intended to be professionally installed and serviced by a technician Manual Organization Chapter 1 describes the features specifications and performance of the mainboard and provides detailed information about the chipset Chapter 2 provides hardware installation instructions Read this chapter when installing the processor memory modules and other hardware components into the system If you encounter any problems see Chapter 3 which describes troubleshooting procedures for the video the memory and the system setup stored in the CMOS Chapter 4 includes an introduction to BIOS and provides detailed information on running the CMOS Setup utility Appendix A provides BIOS POST Messages Appendix B lists BIOS POST Codes Appendix C Appendix D and Appendix E list HostRAID Setup Guidelines and Other Software Installation Instructions Conventions Used in the Manual Special attention should be given to the following symbols for proper installation and to prevent damage done to the components or injury to your
19. Wi CPU Fan Ke 7 R k npie e COM pre Han ATX PWR A GLAN1 N DIMM1A Intel G33 B Speaker Buzzer Floppy North Bridge Su PCIE x16 GLAN CTRL EE Ge m JBT d J g K se a a Plt NOR EL Ce r Ril Ag Audio CTRL E ji 12 i i dol Peiz SE xl JPEE Audio Enabled st Ste E d D es Kisiel Kisise E 2 S a g B ss oO Ce IS OS CC o o o o e o o De CSC DO _ nm E Sit CTRL als are Chr D Front NA Ce JPUSB2 seg biss COW ori POR Buzzer mne isk Raa Bes an Bel EE ER 2 18 High Definition Audio HDA The C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE features a 7 1 2 Channel High Definition Audio HDA J46 codec that provides 10DAC channels simultaneously supporting 7 1 sound playback and two channels of independent stereo sound output multiple streaming through the front panel stereo out for front L amp R rear L amp R center and subwoofer speakers This feature is activated with the Advanced software in the CD ROM that came with your motherboard Sound is then output through the Line In Line Out and MIC jacks See at the pictur
20. c Intel G33 Soy Bo KS P 5 EES E l 2 Nort Bridge E Slot PCLE x1 So POLE x18 GLAN CTRL E Jm d E SE E Batey PEER eu SE B Z nel CHIR ini if Audio CTRL fo GE Sen E j Li jot PSH South Bridge Rising GE GJ me Avdio Enabled SE Eisd Goa EE Fa CI Gits E itai Ra Di S r Ponti emt g kale se Le Bas Ce E oner me DEE See m a2 j POSS tulsa elem i Pe GE ER Pa eel ek Reset Button Pin Definitions Pin Definition 3 Reset Ground Power Button Pin Definitions Pin Definition Power LED HDD LED NIC1 LED Xx OH Fan Fail LED X Ground Ground Power On A Reset B PWR Button LED_Anode LED_Anode LED_Anode Xx LED_Anode Xx Reset Res Riton PWR gt Power Button Chapter 2 Installation 2 6 Connecting Cables ATX Power 24 pin Connector Pin Definitions ATX Main Power Connector Pin Definition Pin Definition 13 3 3V 1 3 3V A 24 pin main power connector is 14 42 2 3 3V located at J40 This power connector A COM 3 COM meets the SSI EPS 12V specifica 16 PS_ON 4 5V tion See the table on the right for pin 7 COM 5 COM definitions 18 COM 6 5V 19 COM 7 cow 20 Res NC 8 PWR_OK 21 5V 9 5VSB 4 pin CPU Power Connector 22 45V 10 H2 A 4 pin 12V power connector is lo EE E cated at J41 on the motherboard This COM n N power connector also meets the SSI i 12V 4 pin Power EPS 12V s
21. 2A DIMM 2B with memory modules of the same size and of the same type will result in dual channel two way interleaved memory which is faster than the single channel non interleaved memory Notes 1 Due to the OS limitations some operating systems may not show more than 4 GB of memory 2 Both Unbuffered ECC and Non ECC memory modules can be installed in the memory slots However the functionality of ECC is not supported by the chipset 3 Due to memory allocation to system devices memory remaining available for operational use will be reduced when 4 GB of RAM is used The reduction in memory availability is disproportional Refer to the following Memory Availability Table for details For Microsoft Windows users Microsoft imple mented a design change in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 SP2 and Windows Vista This change is specific to the Physical Address Extension PAE mode behavior which improves driver compatibility For more informa tion please read the following article at Microsofts Knowledge Base website at http support microsoft com kb 888137 2 6 Chapter 2 Installation Possible System Memory Allocation amp Availability System Device Size Physical Memory Remaining Available 4 GB Total System Memory Firmware Hub flash memory System 1MB 3 99 BIOS Local APIC 4 KB 3 99 Area Reserved for the chipset 2 MB 3 99 I O APIC 4 Kbytes 4 KB 3 99 PCI Enumeration Area 1 256
22. 9 10 J45 are headers DEMA that can be used for front panel con Front Panel USB 7 8 9 10 and Front j acd Accessible Onboard USB 11 12 nections Additionally USB 11 J47 Connections and USB 12 J48 are onboard USB connectors that can be accessed from Pin Definition Pin Definition i j 1 5V 1 5V the front side of the chassis See the gt pO T tables on the right for pin definitions J PO 3 En 4 Ground 4 Ground 5 Key 5 No connection Chassis Intrusion e Chassis Intrusion A Chassis Intrusion header is located Pin Definitions at JL1 on the motherboard Attach an Pin Definition appropriate cable from the chassis to 1 Intrusion Input inform you of a chassis intrusion when 2 Ground it is opened Di CN De CPU Fan 3 8 4 Pin PWR H kw mmm mg W83627DHG cow ja Parallel Port Han ATX PWR A Back panel USB Ports 1 2 i B Back panel USB Ports 3 4 5 6 C Front Panel USB 7 8 D Front Panel USB 9 10 E USB 11 F USB 12 G Chassis Intrusion TU Intel G33 Flopp North Bridge Slot PCI E x1 GLAN CTRL E se 8 Ce Audio CTRL Damm rage LI IS Audio Enabled Ce CD N EEE LA er D mm Se Jeu N D F
23. Ein Ge eat Uper lt Doctor TIT E Remote Management eC 5 2em Info Hesh Info Performance Pench k a ref kon dedr r r e kom unter P en eq eren Report Helo s Health Information i UL Chassis Cruz Chazsis E 2 Appendix E Software Installation Instructions Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen ll Remote Control Fe GE gen Fakes Took Hip QUB a En Sune Doctor MI s Remote Control Graceful power control Supero Doctor II allows a user to f rm the OS to reboot or shut down within a specdied time the ett 30 seconde Before the tem reboots or suts down it s alowed to cancel the action Requirements Keep Supero SD3Serace Daemon running at all times on this system Promde TCP IP connectinty Power control Note SD III Software Revision 1 0 can be downloaded from our Web site at ftp ftp supermicro com utility Supero_Doctor_Ill You can also download SDIII User s Guide at http Awww supermicro com PRODUCT Manuals SDIII UserGuide pdf For Linux we will still recommend that you use Supero Doctor Il E 3 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Notes Disclaimer Continued The products sold by Supermicro are not intended for and will not be used in life support systems medical equipment nuclear facilities or systems aircraft aircraft devices aircraft emergency communication devices or other critical systems whose failure to perform be reasona
24. HHFLAI 69 808 83 WDC HDT48LD BBFLn1 69 HCH 85 WDC MDT486D B8FLf2 69 869 D 8 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Assigning Array Properties Once a new array is completed you can assign properties to the array Caution Once the array is created and its properties are assigned and you can not change the array properties using this utility To assign properties to the new array 1 In the Array Properties menu as shown in the screen below select an array type and press Enter Only the available array types will be displayed on the screen RAID 0 or RAID 1 requires two drives peau eS Wa Sr Array Type RAID O Stripe RAID 1 Mirror Array Label EEN Array Size 68 938 GB Stripe Size 64KB Create RAID via Done 2 Under the item Arrays Label type in a label and press lt Enter gt Note The label shall not be more than 15 characters 3 For RAID 0 select the desired stripe size Note Available stripe sizes are 16 32 and 64 KB 64K is default Please do not change the default setting 4 The item Create RAID via allows you to select between the different ways of creating methods for RAID 0 and RAID 1 The following table gives examples of when each is appropriate Raid Level Create Via When Appropriate RAID 0 No Init Creating a RAID 0 on new drives RAID 0 Migrate Creating a RAID 0 from one new drive and Note one drive with data you wish to
25. J27 See the table on the right for pin 4 Ground 2 FDHDIN definitions 3 Ground 4 Reserved 5 Key 6 FDEDIN 7 Ground 8 Index 9 Ground 10 Motor Enable 11 Ground 12 Drive Select B 13 Ground 14 Drive Select B 15 Ground 16 Motor Enable diz Ground 18 DIR 19 Ground 20 STEP 21 Ground 22 Write Data 23 Ground 24 Write Gate 25 Ground 26 Track 00 27 Ground 28 Write Protect 29 Ground 30 Read Data 31 Ground 32 Side 1 Select 33 Ground 34 Diskette cow CPU Fan iO l BO O Ke J a Se SCH SPnPUR SL 27 m C SL E 2 o s H IS E g gt D g S E A Floppy Ewa Be Bs P imo Lao Intel 633 8 S P ia i2 K B 3 oe North Bridge ee zm PCLE xt Sot POLE x16 GLAN CTRL 8 zm POLE 4 H we i jig Audio CTRL E GO d i i Sit Porat SATS CS ml met Audio Enabled aal ais Ce _ d a s EES 20 09 Rido C2 iging ol j E on EES EWE S N E 7 a Ba B a e TET CR 92 0 0 0 06 o o o o o oC o Ca e Noi PCT SSMAZ xan 1 a ferfa es Bel EE ITE 8212 on 3 S MER Saft PCS Buzze pn ep el EE Chapter 2 Installation
26. MB 3 76 PCI Express 256 MB 256 MB 3 51 PCI Enumeration Area 2 if needed 512MB 3 01 Aligned on 256 MB boundary VGA Memory 16 MB 2 85 TSEG 1 MB 2 84 Memory available to OS and other ap 2 84 plications Installing and Removing DIMMs otc ae eg Note Notch eg See Se should align with the receptive point e i E on the slot poe SUPER C2SBA To Install Insert module vertically and press down until it snaps into place Pay attention to the alignment notch at the bottom To Remove Use your thumbs Top View of DDR2 Slot to gently push the release tabs near both ends of J I the module This should release it from the slot JIL Release Tab 2 7 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual 2 5 Control Panel Connectors IO Ports The I O ports are color coded in conformance with the PC 99 specification See the graphics below for the colors and locations of the various I O ports Back Panel Connectors IO Ports WA J eck WW vi
27. S ae E 3 00 ac C Fan 3 Py Ss CI 3 j D Fan 4 North Bridge smar E Fan 5 lot PCE x16 F VGA e ET E R au d J NOR E Ce Aen Li AE Ji i I EI me Cas mz Audio Enabled Case Ge a CD N EYI BE Cal i i fac BS elas N m W H oO Ce PUSB PUSEI Pole ont N R s xe JE e Doz T r i et m foe cin psy H CER m PEL N Gee aeo wayan J rz m j PSE Lieser Fotos Cont Slt POSIT Set Teen WE mm LS SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Ports Mouse Port Pin Definitions The ATX PS 2 keyboard and the PS 2 Pin Definition mouse are located at J28 See the 1 Data table on the right for pin definitions 2 NC The mouse port is above the key 3 Ground board port See the table on the right 4 VCC for pin definitions 5 Clock 6 NC Serial Ports Serial Port Pin Definitions COM1 J31 is a connector located on the IO Backpanel and COM2 is a Pin Definition Pin Definition 1 DCD 6 DSR header located at J13 See the table 2 RXD 7 RTS on the right for pin definitions 3 TXD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 Ground 10 NC Pin 10 is available on COM2 only NC No Connection
28. SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual 1 2 Chipset Overview The Intel G33 P35 chipset is specially designed for use with the Intel dual core processors It consists of two primary components the Graphic Memory Controller Hub GMCH and the I O Controller Hub ICH9 ICH9R The GMCH North Bridge manages the data flow between the CPU interface FSB the System Memory interface the External Graphics interface and the I O Controller through the DMI Direct Media Interface The ICH9 ICHOR South Bridge provides a multitude of I O related functions Graphic Memory Controller Hub GMCH Utilizing a single LGA 775 socket processor the G33 P35 GMCH supports an FSB frequency of 1 33 GHz 1 06 GHz Host initiated I O cycles are decoded to the PCI Express the DMI or the GMCH configuration space Host initiated memory cycles are decoded to PCI Express DMI or system memory The GMCH supports 36 bit host bus addressing and a Cache Line Size of 64 bytes The GMCH supports one or two channels of DDR2 memory with up to two DIMMs per channel with a maximum bandwidth of 6 4 GB s in asymmetric mode or 12 8 GB s in symmetric mode using DDR2 800 MHz memory It also supports an op portunistic refresh scheme a memory thermal management scheme and Partial Writes to Memory using Data Mask DM signals The GMCH contains one PCI Express x16 16 lane port intended for an external PCI Express graphics card that is compatible with the PCI Expres
29. Strip Size 128KB Capacity 8 0 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 0 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 0 Stripe and hit lt Enter gt d When the Select Disks item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen displays See the note on Page C 3 r Port Drive Model Serial li Size Status H NDC HI aH JIKCRO ND HHAL726J4 Hom RAJI if i 1 HOC HIZ25885D 81KCBB del 72834588 232 908 Hon RAID Diski 44 HBF VP W AMREH Bd H P RAIL i RT RR WD HMABHI449527 Non RAIT Select 2 to 4 disks to ase in creating the volane tl Previous Hext SPACE Selects CENTER Selection Complete e Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive When all RAID drives for this volume have been selected hit lt Enter gt f Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 0 array and hit lt Ente
30. after Power On Self Test RAID Volunes None def ined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial al Type Status Vol ID H HDC WD2584SD 81K WD WMAL 72834971 j j HDC HDZ2588SD 81K HD HMAL 72834599 HDC WD2588JD 88F ND HMAEH1376189 HDC WD2588JD 4F WD MMAEH1449527 ress WH to enter Configuration Utility idaptec SCSI BIOS vd 288 opyright 2883 Adaptec Inc All Rights Reserved dda Press lt Ctril gt lt A gt for SCSISelect TM Utility gt gt gt lot Ch ID LUN Vendor Product b When you see the above screen press the lt Ctrl gt and the lt I gt keys simultane ously to access the main menu of the SATA RAID Utility c Use the Up and Down arrow keys to select Create RAID Volume Delete RAID Volume Reset Disks to Non RAID or Exit Note All graphics and screen shots shown in the manual are for reference only The screen shots shown in the manual do not imply Super Micro s endorsement or non en dorsement on any 3rd party s product Your screens may or many not look exactly the same as the graphics shown in this manual C 3 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Creating a RAID 0 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 8 1813 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved U Nane Volung RAID Level RAID Stripe Disks Select Disks
31. bold text unless otherwise noted The BIOS setup options described in this section are selected by choosing the ap propriate text from the main BIOS Setup screen All displayed text is described in this section although the screen display is often all you need to understand how to set the options See the next page When you first power on the computer the Phoenix BIOS is immediately acti vated While the BIOS is in control the Setup program can be activated in one of two ways 1 By pressing lt Delete gt immediately after turning the system on or 2 When the message shown below appears briefly at the bottom of the screen during the POST Power On Self Test press the lt Delete gt key to activate the main Setup menu Press the lt Delete gt key to enter Setup 4 3 Main BIOS Setup All main Setup options are described in this section The main BIOS Setup screen is displayed below Use the Up Down arrow keys to move among the different settings in each menu Use the Left Right arrow keys to change the options for each setting Press the lt Esc gt key to exit the CMOS Setup Menu The next section describes in detail how to navigate through the menus Items that use submenus are indicated with the icon With the item highlighted press the lt Enter gt key to access the submenu 4 2 Chapter 4 BIOS Main BIOS Setup Menu Advanced Security TPM State Physical Presence operations Boot Item Specific He
32. change this setting The default setting is Last State 1 4 PC Health Monitoring This section describes the PC health monitoring features of the C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE The motherboard has an onboard System Hardware Monitor chip that supports PC health monitoring Onboard Voltage Monitors for the CPU Core 1 8V 3 3V 3 3V standby 5V Vbat and 12V The onboard voltage monitor will scan these voltages continuously Once a voltage becomes unstable it will give a warning or send an error message to the screen Users can adjust the voltage thresholds to define the sensitivity of the voltage moni tor by using SuperO Doctor Ill 1 5 ACPI Features ACPI stands for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specifica tion defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including its hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn on and off peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers This also includes consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs telephones and stereos In addition to enabling operating system directed power management ACPI pro vides a generic system event mechanism for Plug and Play and an operating sys tem independent interface for configuration control ACPI leverages the Plug and Play BIOS data structures while providi
33. en Pa LE E SA Se fen Ground Reset gt Reset Button er h ra J zept Rath ieee es BS tlm Arer Ground PWR gt Power Button pue CPU Fan ME HT U hez CR E be NIC1 Indicator The NIC Network Interface Control ler LED connection for the GLAN port is located on pins 11 and 12 of JET Attach the NIC LED cables to display network activity Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Overheat Fan Fail LED OH Connect an LED to the OH Fan Fail connection on pins 7 and 8 of JF1 to provide advanced warnings of chassis overheating or fan failure Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions cond Sg W63627DHG Paral POT SUPER C2SBA RCI ised D geg gi T I igs LG IPEE Audio Enabled i Bist Kizin Jr CD N AA EWIR cc aE es Las e cit reiii kirar SS _ e e PORNE E g hefa m re r m PUSM br enn in den Hn DE EI Fo North Bridge iot POLE xt Se POLE x16 cuore LS en Wel D TER Chapter 2 Installation GLAN1 2 LED Pin Definitions Pin Definition 11 LED_Anode NIC1 LED Signal OH Fan Fail LED Pin Definit
34. for keyboard errors Set up hardware interrupt vectors Initialize Intelligent System Monitoring optional Initialize coprocessor if present Disable onboard Super I O ports and IRQs optional Late POST device initialization Detect and install external RS232 ports Configure non MCD IDE controllers Detect and install external parallel ports Initialize PC compatible PnP ISA devices Re initialize onboard I O ports Configure Motherboard Configurable Devices optional Initialize BIOS Data Area Enable Non Maskable Interrupts NMIs Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area Test and initialize PS 2 mouse Initialize floppy controller Determine number of ATA drives optional Initialize hard disk controllers Initialize local bus hard disk controllers Jump to UserPatch2 Build MPTABLE for multi processor boards Install CD ROM for boot Clear huge ES segment register Fix up Multi Processor table 1 2 Search for option ROMs and shadow if successful One long two short beeps on checksum failure B 3 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual POST Code Description 99h Check for SMART Drive optional 9Ch Set up Power Management 9Dh Initialize security engine optional 9Eh Enable hardware interrupts 9Fh Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives AOh Set time of day A2h Check key lock A4h Initialize typematic rate A8h Erase lt ESC gt prompt AAh Scan for lt ESC gt key stroke ACh Enter SETUP AEh Clear Boot flag
35. from the system before clearing CMOS Note For an ATX power supply you must completely shut down the system remove the AC power cord and then short JBT1 to clear CMOS Watch Dog Enable Disable Watch Dog is a system monitor that can reboot the system when a software application hangs Close pins 1 2 to reset the system if an applica Jumper Settings tion hangs Close pins 2 3 to generate a non Jumper Setting Definition maskable interrupt signal for the application that Pine 1 2 Cu hangs See the table on the right for jumper set Geet we tings Watch Dog must also be enabled in the Open Disabled BIOS Note When enabled the user needs to write his her own application software to disable the Watch Dog Timer KBIMOUSE SI0 W83627DHG lt x Parallel Port A Clear CMOS MLS y __ DIMM1A_ B Watch Dog Enable Intel G33 ES ke mg ko B ia or 23 ej Z amp i E North Bridge a Slot POLEN 8 Sil PCLE x16 GLANCTRL Le r j Batey Kin j N d WOR i Ce DS Audio CTRL en e i i SS SR SE n JPE 5 Audio Enabled ish Deg a r ES
36. is available on the C2SBA C2SBA II C2SBA P35 is available on the C2SBE only Overclocking Considerations Warning Please be aware of the following conditions when overclock IN ing is used Setting a high CPU FSB Speed overclocking DRAM Frequency or selecting a high CPU V Core voltage memory voltage chipset voltage ICH chipset voltage or the FSB termination voltage may result in system instability If this occurs revert the setting to the default setting In addition extra fans may be needed for proper system cooling The C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE offers the option of over clocking however Super Micro is not responsible for any damage caused by the use of overclocking 1 6 Chapter 1 Introduction Motherboard Features CPU Single Intel Xeon 3000 Series Core 2 Quad Core 2 Duo Processor with a system bus speed of 1 33 GHz 1 066 GHz Supports Intel Dual Core Technology Hyper Threading Wide Dynamic Execu tion FSB Dynamic Bus Inversion DBI Advanced Digital Media Boost Smart Memory Access and Thermal Management 2 TM2 Memory e Supports unbuffered single or dual channel Non ECC Unbuffered DDR2 up to 8GB s DDR2 800 667 for single channel mode or dual channel Interleaved mode Chipset e Intel G33 P35 GMCH North Bridge ICH9 ICH9R South Bridge Expansion Slots e One 1 PCI Express x16 Slot 6 e One 1 PCI Express x4 Slot 5 e One 1 PCI Express x1 Slot 7 e Four 4 32 bit PCI 33MHz
37. note on Page C 3 Port Drive Model Size Status A WDC HI25AA AIKCRA KND HMAL72834971 ER RAI 1 HDC MARD IK DR HD HMAL72834599 232 908 Hom RAID Disk MDC MD2SH0JD 08FYBR WD NMABHIS76189 EUSO MDC MD2554 HOF YER WD NMABH1449 ER RAIL Select 2 to 4 disks to ese in creating the volane tl Previous Mext SPACE Selects CENTER Selection Complete e Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive When all RAID drives for this volume have been selected hit lt Enter gt f Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size ranging from 4 KB to 128 KB for the RAID 5 array and hit lt Enter gt Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Enter your desired RAID volume capacity and press lt Enter gt when the capacity item is highlighted The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed h Press Enter when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays i When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 7 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Deleting a RAID Volume AN Warning Be sure to back up your data before deleting a RAID set You wil
38. password required and Disabled password not required TPM Trusted Platform Modules Support Select Enabled to enable support for trusted platforms and allow the BIOS to automatically download the drivers needed to provide support for the platforms specified The options are Enabled and Disabled If set to Enabled the TPM State screen displays See the next section 4 23 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual 4 6 TPM Trusted Platform Modules State Choose the TPM State menu from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility with the arrow keys You should see the following display Main Advanced Security Physical Presence operations Boot Item Specific Help Change TPM State No Change 1 tL et F9 Esc e gt Enter F18 Current TPM State This item shows the current TPM State only Change TPM State Select Enabled amp Activate to enable TPM support for the system Select De activate amp Disabled to disable the function of TPM support If No Change is selected no changes will be done to the current TPM State Select Clear to clear or erase all information related to TPM support If set to Clear the sub menu Physical Presence Operations will appear Select Reject to cancel the selection Select Execute to proceed with selection All information related to TPM Support will be erased 4 24 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 7 Boot Settings Choose Boot from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu
39. power connector at J41 is connected to your power supply No Power Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chas sis Verify that all jumpers are set to their default positions Check that the 115V 230V switch on the power supply is properly set Turn the power switch on and off to test the system The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still sup plies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one No Video If the power is on but you have no video remove all the add on cards and cables Use the speaker to determine if any beep codes exist Refer to Appendix A for details on beep codes 3 1 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual NOTE If you are a system integrator VAR or OEM a POST diagnostics card is recommended For I O port 80h codes refer to App B Memory Errors 1 Make sure that the DIMM modules are properly and fully installed 2 You should be using unbuffered DDR2 memory see the next page Also it is recommended that you use the same memory speed for all DIMMs in the system See Section 2 4 for memory limitations 3 Check for bad DIMM modules or slots by swapping modules between slots and noting the results 4 Check the power supply voltage 115V 230V switch Losing the System s Setup Configuration 1 Make sure that you are using a high quality power supply A poor quality power supply may c
40. to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the extended memory area above 1 MB Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache A000 AFFF Cache B000 BFFF Cache C800 CBFF Cache CC00 CFFF Cache D000 D3FF Cache D400 D7FF Cache D800 DBFF Cache DC00 DFFF Select Disabled to prevent the data stored in the memory block specified from being cached into a cache area in the CPU or a buffer in the Static DROM Select USWC Caching to use the Uncached Speculative and Write Combined Mode for the data in the memory block specified Select Write Through to allow the data stored in the memory block specified to be cached into a CPU cache area and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the memory block specified Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer to the memory block specified without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU da
41. to remove all USB devices from the USB ports whose USB jumpers are set to Disabled before the system goes into the standby mode APPAR l Lob VGI Parallel Port SUPER C2SBA Worth Bridge Slot PCI E x1 aaen Las Ce Audio CTRL O eme Pi ANG ei POTTS ES S D Front Parei CTRL REEL Ser USB Wake up Enable Jumper Settings Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled Disabled A JPUSB1 B JPUSB2 Chapter 2 Installation 2 68 Onboard Indicators GLAN LEDs A Gigabit LAN port J11 is located above USB Port 1 on the I O Backpanel This Gigabit Ethernet LAN port has two LEDs The yellow LED indicates activity while the Link LED may be green amber or off to indicate the speed of the connec tion See the tables at right for more information dO ONG LI cry Fan 2 KB CH E Pe Ee EREN Link 7 Activity LED LED Rear View When viewing from the rear side of the chassis GLAN Activity Indicator Settings Color Status Definition Yellow Flashing Active GLA
42. 2 1 2 2 Motherboard Installation EK 2 1 2 3 Processor and Heatsink Installation E EEE 2 2 2 4 Installing DDR2 Memory 2 6 2 5 Control Panel Connectors lO Portes 2 8 Back Panel Connectors lO Porte 2 8 Front Control Panel ssiri aaa aaae aaan aran k 2 9 Front Control Panel Pin Definitions iii e 2 10 PWR E 2 10 HDD KEE 2 10 NICI LED INGICALOIS sccis sccctesseestesaenendevdcensse baka d k l n Kad sal s n sab Ey bad 2 11 OH Fan Fail LED disan asakenazila neeaae kan be kak n n SaaS EE a xa E kalak a naza 2 11 Reset Te E 2 12 PWR BIt On EE 2 12 2 6 Connecting Cables Ek KK kK KE KRA 2 13 ATX Auxiliary Power Connectors k EEE 2 13 Universal Serial BUS USB 2 14 Table of Contents Chassis IN rUSION wi hk ee Ree 2 14 Fan Heades ika cawi niviz dak ar una dete S D M kann Z kan x n wada u wa eels ees 2 15 VGA enee 2 15 ATX PS 2 Keyboard and PS 2 Mouse Portes 2 16 Serial CT 2 16 Wake Om RIng derio ka adek a ai d ka ak ak Wn x n ta VARA Wa sa QR cid s n xu Nee 2 17 Wake On CAN EE 2 17 GEAN e EE 2 18 Speaker CoNNeECtOr teen dee A Ef eet cadena Ee eves GRANE En TE kane adit 2 18 High Definition Audio HDA kk kk kk kk k 2 19 CD Header Auxiliary Audio Header 2 19 Front Panel Audio Control 2 20 LOAL C1 i R EE 2 20 2 7 JUMper Settings amorrar aaa j dai Eka disan da dy ka
43. BOh Check for errors B1h Inform RomPilot about the end of POST optional B2h POST done prepare to boot operating system B4h 1 One short beep before boot B5h Terminate QuietBoot optional B6h Check password optional B7h Initialize ACPI BIOS and PPM Structures B9h Prepare Boot BAh Initialize SMBIOS BCh Clear parity checkers BDh Display MultiBoot menu BEh Clear screen optional BFh Check virus and backup reminders COh Try to boot with INT 19 C1h Initialize POST Error Manager PEM C2h Initialize error logging C3h Initialize error display function C4h Initialize system error flags C6h Console redirection init C7h Unhook INT 10h if console redirection enabled C 8h Force check optional C9h Extended ROM checksum optional CDh Reclaim console redirection vector B 4 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description D2h D4h D8h DEh Unknown interrupt Check Intel Branding string Alert Standard Format initialization Log error if micro code not updated properly The following are for boot block in Flash ROM POST Code Description EOh Eth E2h E3h E4h E5h E6h E7h E8h E9h EAh EBh ECh EDh EEh EFh FOh F1h F2h F3h F4h F5h F6h F7h Initialize the chipset Initialize the bridge Initialize the CPU Initialize system timer Initialize system I O Check force recovery boot Checksum BIOS ROM Go to BIOS Set Huge Segment Initialize Multi Processor Initialize OEM special code Initializ
44. D_Anode a x x OH Fan Fail LED LED_Anode i x x E l Ground Reset gt Reset Button L ge meh Ie T es Ss gt Ground PWR gt Power Button a Tia bed KBMOUSE SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Front Control Panel Pin Definitions Power LED The Power LED connection is located on pins 15 and 16 of JF1 Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions HDD LED The HDD LED connection is located on pins 13 and 14 of JF1 Attach a hard drive LED cable here to display disk activity for any hard drives on the system including SAS and Serial ATA See the table on the right for pin definitions X Lob mee Hp W63627DHG Parae Pon SUPER C2SBA Pa eel SC Power LED Pin Definitions Pin Definition 15 LED_Anode PWR LED Signal HDD LED Pin Definitions Pin Definition 13 LED_Anode 14 HD Active A PWR LED B HDD LED Geer i Si Es Al TE ower LED LED_Anode PE d nop LED LED_Anode bi l ii NIC1 LED LED_Anode x x E sm OH Fan Fail LED LED_Anode KAWA Mel naomi Aven wla jj EGHIR isini P SE SS LEN axl x x COIN SE a ene er i sini Cis
45. EE 2 giri Qisir e oO CD N jos PIN Bids r 5 tr BER N Be Gen DCK Ya o ee o9 or a L oz T kda Ad AM M E emer oe CIRL al ceo Te gq D Fonte Ces Een JPUSB2 t Foram 5 COW ori Perda Buzze reen GC eget Buzzes oe Wee EE E Chapter 2 Installation PCI PCI E Slots to SMB SMBus to PCI X PCI Exp Slots Speeds Jumper Settings Jumper Setting Definition Jumpers Jl2C1 JI2C2 allow you to con nect PCI PCI Exp Slots to the System Management Bus The default setting is open to disable the connection See the table on the right for jumper settings Closed Enabled Open Disabled Default Keyboard Wake Up The JKB jumper is used together with the Keyboard Wake Up function in BIOS Enable the jumper and the BIOS setting to Jumper Settings allow the user to wake the system up by Pin Definition hitting a key on the keyboard See the table 1 2 Enabled default on the right for jumper settings Your power Disabled supply must meet ATX specification 2 01 or higher and supply 720 mA of standby power to use this feature o ON CPU Fan Sc D r Ze E
46. FLAL 69 068 S 82 HDC HD748ED B8FLR2 B9 BEB 83 HDC HD748ED B8FL01 69 8GB Do you want to delete the Spare Yes No D 12 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Viewing Array Properties To view the properties of an existing array 1 From the main menu select Manage Arrays and hit lt Enter gt as shown on the previous page 2 From the List of Arrays dialog box shown below select the array you want to view and press Enter The Array Properties dialog box appears as shown below showing detailed information on the array The physical disks associated with the array are dis played here a4 B i Fall A 2AT ier RH Brite Luc Prahlat Stripe Size HH POR CRT HI RL Hz HIL AH BHEL RI l H3 HOC EI WE E BER Gd eter res Ca XETE TT TEKE 3 Press Esc to return to the previous menu D 13 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Rebuilding Arrays Note 1 Rebuilding applies to Fault Tolerant array RAID 1 only If an array Build process is interrupted or when one critical member is missing you must perform a Rebuild to restore its functionality For a critical array rebuild operation the optimal drive is the source drive Note 2 If no spare array exists and a hard disk drive fails you need to create a spare before you can rebuild an array To Rebuild an array 1 From the Main Menu select Manage Arrays as shown in the screen below From the List of A
47. Intel ICH9R Driver by Adaptec and the OS a Insert Supermicro s bootable CD that came with the package into the CD Drive during the system reboot and the screen Supermicro Driver Diskette Maker will appear b Choose from the list the item Intel ICH9R Driver by 3rd Party Adaptec and press lt Enter gt c From the next screen displayed choose the OS driver you want to install and press lt Enter gt d Insert a formatted diskette into drive A and press lt Enter gt as prompted e Exit the program after the process is completed Then reboot the system f Insert the Microsoft Windows OS Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start to boot up from CD g Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays h When the Windows OS Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s i Insert the driver diskette Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA Raid Controller Driver into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key j Choose the Adaptec Embedded Host Serial ATA Raid Controller from the list indicated in the Windows OS Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key k Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation From the Windows OS Setup sc
48. N Link Indicator Settings Parallel Port Intel 633 a Fie S Efo 3 oH 2 North Bridge 2 SN PCIE xt Sep POLE x16 GLAN CTRL Sho POEM Jo om F Eo Ti WOR Ki Case jz i Audio CTRL BEES es J LI soit FC _ na m IPAE Audio Enabled EE o arm a E EN EE Lamm ima ol E A cov fats PCRS E BIOs S N E 7 S me D er USE mm Seo oo ooo sa Oe a e o SCC A a lee ole z i D Gap peee eng gt Piss vest en A reueg o00 oe 022 ITE 8212 E e 5 EE SER EC a m ms Si KI LED Color Definition Off No Connection or 10 Mbps Green On 100 Mbps Amber On 1 Gbps A GLAN Port1 LEDs SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Onboard Power LED LE1 The Onboard 3 3V Standby Power LED is ae located at LE1 on the motherboard When LEI is off the system is off When the LED Color Definition Off System Off green light is on the system is on When On Standby Power On the LED is on the power is on Unplug the Green System On power cable before removing or installing components See the layout below for the LED l
49. OS The BIOS is the Basic Input Output System used in all IBM PC XT AT and PS 2 compatible computers The Phoenix BIOS stores the system parameters types of disk drives video displays etc in the CMOS The CMOS memory re quires very little electrical power When the computer is turned off a backup battery provides power to the CMOS logic enabling it to retain system parameters Each time the computer is powered on the computer is configured with the values stored in the CMOS logic by the system BIOS which gains control at boot up How To Change the Configuration Data The CMOS information that determines the system parameters may be changed by entering the BIOS Setup utility This Setup utility can be accessed by pressing the lt Delete gt key at the appropriate time during system boot See below Starting the Setup Utility Normally the only visible POST Power On Self Test routine is the memory test As the memory is being tested press the lt Delete gt key to enter the main menu of the BIOS Setup utility From the main menu you can access the other setup screens such as the Security and Power menus Beginning with Section 4 3 detailed descriptions are given for each parameter setting in the Setup utility Warning Do not shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS to prevent possible boot failure 4 1 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual 4 2 Running Setup Default settings are in
50. S 2 Mouse PS 2 mouse identified Run the 120 Configuration Utility One or more unclaimed block storage devices have the Configuration Request bit set in the LCT Run an DO Configuration Utility e g the SAC utility System BIOS shadowed System BIOS copied to shadow RAM UMB upper limit segment address nnnn Displays the address nnnn of the upper limit of Upper Memory Blocks indicating released segments of the BIOS which can be reclaimed by a virtual memory man ager Video BIOS shadowed Video BIOS successfully copied to shadow RAM A 5 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Notes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes Appendix B BIOS POST Codes This section lists the POST Power On Self Test codes for the Phoenix BIOS POST codes are divided into two categories recoverable and terminal Recoverable POST Errors When a recoverable type of error occurs during POST the BIOS will display an POST code that describes the problem BIOS may also issue one of the follow ing beep codes 1 long and two short beeps video configuration error 1 repetitive long beep no memory detected 1 continuous beep w Front Panel Overheat LED on system overheat Terminal POST Errors If a terminal type of error occurs BIOS will shut down the system Before doing so BIOS will write the error to port 80h attempt to initialize video and write the error in the top left corner of the screen The following is a list of codes tha
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52. Size 128KB Capacity xxxx GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 10 set and press lt Enter gt c When RAID Level item is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 10 RAID1 RAIDO and hit lt Enter gt d When Select Disks Item is height lighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop up screen displays See the note on Page C 3 TEDE NINA aa li Port Drive Model Serial li Size Status WDC MD 4 DHANE AD kee if Hom RAIT i 1 HDC HI 258859 81KCB8 ND HHAL72634599 232 908 Hon RAID Diski WD 102594 HET YBH KD HME EH GH d ER RAL i MDC MD2588JD 8BFV i 11449 CH Non RAII 3 f Select 2 to 4 disks to ase in creating the volane tl PreviousMext SPACE Selects ENTER Selection Complete e Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive When all RAID drives for this volume have been selected hit lt Enter gt f When the Stripe Size is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the stripe size from 4 KB to 128 KB for your RAID 10 and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is 64 KB Note For a server please use a lowe
53. TA Port4 and SATA 5 These settings allow the user to set the parameters of slots indicated above Hit lt Enter gt to access the following sub menu screen Set the correct configurations accordingly 4 4 Chapter 4 BIOS Main Item Specif ic Help CHS Format Cylinders User you enter parameters of hard disk R drive installed at this Cylinders connection Heads Ei nuto Fieger eee ard disk drive Uer 4 installed here Sectors CD ROM a CD ROM drive is installed here Sectors ATAPI Removable removable disk drive is Maximum Capacity installed here Maximum Capacity LBA Format Total Sectors Maximum Capacity Multi Sector Transfers Disabled LBA Mode Control Disabled 32 Bit I 0 Disabled Transfer Mode Standard Ultra DMA Mode Disabled tL et F9 Esc e gt Enter F10 Type This option allows you to select the type of IDE hard drive Select Auto to allow BIOS to automatically detect the hard drive s capacity number of heads etc The option User allows the user to enter the parameters for the HDD installed at this connection Enter a number between 1 to 39 to select a predetermined HDD type Select CDROM if a CDROM drive is installed Select ATAPI if a removable disk drive is installed CHS Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS TYPE This item displays the type of IDE or SATA Device Cylinders This item indicates the status of Cylinders Headers This ite
54. Ts Each UART includes a 16 byte send receive FIFO a programmable baud rate generator complete modem control capability and a processor interrupt sys tem Both UARTs provide legacy speed with baud rate of up to 115 2 Kbps as well as an advanced speed with baud rates of 250 K 500 K or 1 Mb s which support higher speed modems The Super I O provides functions that comply with the ACPI Advanced Configura tion and Power Interface which includes support of legacy and ACPI power man agement through a SMI or SCI function pin It also features auto power management to reduce power consumption SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Notes Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Chapter 2 Installation Static Sensitive Devices Electro Static Discharge ESD can damage electronic components To prevent damage to your system board it is important to handle it very carefully The following measures are generally sufficient to protect your equipment from ESD Precautions e Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge Touch a grounded metal object before removing the board from the antistatic bag e Handle the board by its edges only do not touch its components peripheral chips memory modules or gold contacts e When handling chips or modules avoid touching their pins e Put the motherboard and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use e For grounding purposes make sure your c
55. V1 GV3 are disabled Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information gt Advanced Chipset Control Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings Warning Take caution when changing the Advanced settings An incorrect setting a very high DRAM frequency or an incorrect DRAM timing may result in system instability When this occurs reset the setting to the default setting Clock Spectrum Feature When set to Enabled the BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed The options are Enabled and Disabled integrated Device Control Sub menu USB Host Controller 1 This feature allows the user to configure the control setting for USB Host Controller 1 The default setting is Enabled USB Host Controller 2 This feature allows the user to configure the control setting for USB Host Controller 2 The default setting is Enabled 4 11 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Memory Reclaiming Select Enable to enable the functionality of Memory Remapping above 4GB The settings are Enabled and Disabled Enable VT d Select Enabled to enable Intel s Virtualization Technology support for Direct I O VT d by reporting the I O device assignments to VMM through the DMAR ACPI Tables This feature offers fully protected I O resource sharing across the Intel platforms providing the user with great
56. a E 4Pin PWR Le kb o 2 E J 37 a S E E gt E Je SIS z EI a 2 EEE g G A JC a gt a S 2 Intel 683 BIC C Keyboard Wake U North Bridge Se PCLE xt Su PCIE x16 GLANCIRL 5 G RHR ur N SUS BELE Xi oo A TN E Le k mn e E Audio CTRL pa Rimi fies TE NEIN Cisie 3 l I JPEE 21 Audio Enabled me Ce Lama Ferz a CD N i isi LATE E aE a CR 7 elste cu W W e SE oO Cer PUSTE PUSES CR L me et E M E Geyer IDE CTRL sees meoo e m RE NR A Ahn EE ire a212 j USB b s Foras D we BOOT Se I EEN Bag Ei ees ve eil E SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual IDE Enable Disable JP2 enables or disables IDE 1 and IDE 2 on the C2SBA II C2SBA See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is en abled TPM Enable For the C2SBA C2SBA lI C2SBA t Use JP3 to enable or disable Trust Platform Module Management TPM on the motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is Enabled CPU Fan wo Ij BO OD Ke J a Se ER Pin PUR SL Ji DR Processor i N R E 3 a S 4 Ce CR 5 Im g E do E 3 ku Gg b PE OF j ae gt E le Ge S ZE S E Cp mo Intel G33 3 Z North Bridge T Slot POLEN Se PCI E x16 GLANCIRL 99999909 99090990909 Ol SUPER C2SBA
57. ache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 0 512K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Base 512K 640K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the memory area 512K 640K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or written into L1 L2 L3 cache inside the CPU to speed up CPU operations Select Uncached to disable this function Select Write Through to allow data to be cached into the buffer and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the base memory area of Block 512K 640K Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU 4 13 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual data processing and operation The options are Uncached Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache Extended Memory Area If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the extended memory area
58. acknowledged leader in the industry Super Micro boards are designed with the utmost attention to detail to provide you with the highest standards in quality and performance Please check that the following items have all been included with your motherboard If anything listed here is damaged or missing contact your retailer All the following items are included in the retail box only One 1 Super Micro Mainboard One 1 floppy drive ribbon cable CBL 022L Four 4 SATA cables CBL 0044L For C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE Six 6 SATA cables CBL 0044L For the C2SBA II only Two 2 IDE hard drive cables CBL 0036L 3 C2SBA II C2SBA Only One 1 Super Micro CD containing drivers and utilities One 1 User s BIOS Manual 1 1 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Gontacting Super Micro Headquarters Address Super Micro Computer Inc 980 Rock Ave San Jose CA 95131 U S A Tel 1 408 503 8000 Fax 1 408 503 8008 Email marketing supermicro com General Information support supermicro com Technical Support Web Site www supermicro com Europe Address Super Micro Computer B V Het Sterrenbeeld 28 5215 ML s Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Tel 31 0 73 6400390 Fax 31 0 73 6416525 Email sales supermicro nl General Information support supermicro nl Technical Support rma supermicro nl Customer Support Asia Pacific Address Super Micro Taiwan 4F No 232 1 Liancheng Road Ch
59. an speed will also increase and vice versa If the option is set to 4 pin the fan speed will be controlled by Pulse Width Modulation PWM Select Workstation if your system is used as a Workstation Select Disable to disable the fan speed control function to allow the onboard fans to constantly run at full speed 12V The Options are 1 Disable and 2 Optimized for Workstations with 4 pin Note In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take prece dence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor III adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS Voltage Monitoring The following items will be monitored and displayed Vcore A 12V VDIMM 5V 3 3V 12V 3 3Vsb Vbat 4 21 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual 4 5 Security Settings Choose Security from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display Security setting options are displayed by highlighting the setting using the arrow keys and pressing lt Enter gt All Security BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security TPM State Physical Prese
60. any connection to the WOL header The 3 pin WOL header is to be used with a LAN add on card only Note Wake On LAN requires an ATX 2 01 or above compliant power supply 1 6 Power Supply As with all computer products a stable power source is necessary for proper and reliable operation It is even more important for processors that have high CPU clock rates of 1 GHz and faster The SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE accommodates 12V ATX power supplies Although most power supplies generally meet the specifications required by the CPU some are inadequate A 2 Amp of current supply on a 5V Standby rail is strongly recommended It is strongly recommended that you use a high quality power supply that meets 12V ATX power supply Specification 1 1 or above It is also required that the 12V 4 pin power connection J41 be used for high load configurations In areas where noisy power transmission is present you may choose to install a line filter to shield the computer from noise It is recommended that you also install a power surge protector to help avoid problems caused by power surges Chapter 1 Introduction 1 7 Versatile Media Capabilities High Definition Audio The High Definition Audio Controller embedded in the ICH9 ICH9R delivers up to 4 codecs that can be used for different types of codecs such as audio and mo dem codecs Operating at 3 3V or 1 5V the embedded Audio Controller supports a multi channel audio stream 32 bit sa
61. aptec RAID Configuration Utility you will need to do the following 1 Enable RAID functions in the system BIOS Refer to Chapter 4 for System BIOS Configurations 2 Press the lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously when prompted to do so during system boot Refer to the previous page for detailed instructions A Using the Array Configuration Utility ACU When you press lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously at the prompt during system bootup the main menu will appear Note To select an option use the arrow keys to highlight the item and then press the lt Enter gt key to select it To return to the previous menu press the lt ESC gt key Press the lt Insert gt key to select a drive When a drive is highlighted selected press the lt Delete gt key to de select it D 3 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Options Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities Managing Arrays Select this option to view array properties and configure array settings To select this option using the arrow keys and the lt enter gt key select Managing Arrays from the main menu as shown above Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Array Configuration Utility a in Menu anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Configure Drives D 4 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Configuring Disk Drives You may need to configure a disk drive before you can use it Caution
62. ause the system to lose the CMOS setup information Refer to Section 1 6 for details on recommended power supplies 2 The battery on your motherboard may be old Check to verify that it still sup plies 3VDC If it does not replace it with a new one 3 If the above steps do not fix the Setup Configuration problem contact your vendor for repairs 3 2 Technical Support Procedures Before contacting Technical Support please take the following steps Also note that as a motherboard manufacturer Super Micro does not sell directly to end us ers so it is best to first check with your distributor or reseller for troubleshooting services They should know of any possible problem s with the specific system configuration that was sold to you 1 Please go through the Troubleshooting Procedures and Frequently Asked Question FAQ sections in this chapter or see the FAQs on our web site http www supermicro com support fags before contacting Technical Support 2 BIOS upgrades can be downloaded from our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Note Not all BIOS can be flashed it depends on the modifications to the boot block code 3 If you still cannot resolve the problem include the following information when 3 2 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting contacting Super Micro for technical support Motherboard model and PCB revision number BIOS release date version this can be seen on the initial di
63. ay marked with an asterisk as shown in the picture above 3 When the following message is displayed The array is already marked bootable Do you want to make this array as not bootable Yes No Enter Y to delete a bootable array The bootable array will be deleted and the asterisk will disappear Note Do not use the delete key to delete the bootable array SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Adding Deleting Hotspares To add a Hotspare Note In order to rebuild a RAID RAID 0 or RAID 1 you would need to add a new HDD as a hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the disk you want to designate as a hotspare and press lt Insert gt and then press lt Enter gt 3 Press Yes when the following prompt is displayed Do you want to create spare Yes No The spare you have selected will appear in the Selected drives Menu To delete a Hotspare 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Add Delete Hotspares 2 Use the up and down arrow keys to highlight and select the Hotspare you want to delete and press lt delete gt and then press lt Enter gt 3 When the following warning is displayed Do you want to delete the hot spare Yes No press Yes to delete the hotspare you have selected Sees Ren etn Kasten We Px sis 88 ST3898138S 74 368 5 HDC WRC geb 69 8CB 81 HDC HD74 CD 2
64. bly expected to result in significant injury or loss of life or catastrophic property damage Accordingly Supermicro disclaims any and all liability and should buyer use or sell such products for use in such ultra hazardous applications it does so entirely at its own risk Furthermore buyer agrees to fully indemnify defend and hold Supermicro harmless for and against any and all claims demands actions litigation and proceedings of any kind arising out of or related to such ultra hazardous use or sale
65. board not working Keyboard Controller Failed Keyboard controller failed test May require replacing keyboard controller Keyboard locked Unlock key switch Unlock the system to proceed Monitor type does not match CMOS Run SETUP Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup Shadow Ram Failed at offset nnnn Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k block at which the error was de tected System RAM Failed at offset nnnn System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k block at which the error was de tected Extended RAM Failed at offset nnnn Extended memory not working or not con figured properly at offset nnnn System battery is dead Replace and run SETUP The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system A 1 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual System CMOS checksum bad Default configuration used System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly perhaps by an application program that changes data stored in CMOS The BIOS installed Default Setup Values If you do not want these values enter Setup and enter your own values If the error persists check the system battery or contact your dealer System timer error The timer test failed Requires repair of system board Real time clock error Real Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test May require board repair Check date and time settings BIOS found date or time out o
66. content of the last instruction Operating Code OPCode in the floating point FP state The options are Disabled and Enabled Split Lock Operation Set to Enabled to mask alignment check exceptions for split lock transactions The options are Disabled and Enabled Thermal Management 2 Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use the Thermal Management 2 TM2 Technology which will lower the CPU voltage and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheat threshold Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 TM1 and allow CPU clocking to be regulated via the CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches the overheat threshold Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Available when supported by the CPU The CPU fetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled The CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised if Enabled The options are Disabled and Enabled Set Maximum Ext CPUID 3 When set to Enabled the Maximum Extended CPUID will be set to 3 The options are Disabled and Enabled Echo TPR Set to Enabled to prevent xTPR messages from being sent to the system The options are Disabled and Enabled C1 Enhanced Mode Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable the Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage frequen cy to prevent overheat The options are Enabled and Disabled Note Please refer to Intel s web site for detailed information
67. device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for the bus master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h OOAOh 00COh and OOEOh For Unix Novelle and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different Bus master clock rate gt Onboard PCI IDE Onboard LAN PCI IDE for C2SBA II C2SBA only Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled 4 15 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for the bus master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h OOAOh OOCOh and OOEOh For Unix Novelle and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different bus master clock rate IDE RAID Mode Available on t
68. e PIC and DMA Initialize Memory type Initialize Memory size Shadow Boot Block System memory test Initialize interrupt vectors Initialize Run Time Clock Initialize video Initialize System Management Manager Output one beep Clear Huge Segment Boot to Mini DOS Boot to Full DOS If the BIOS detects errors on 2C 2E or 30 base 512K RAM error it displays an additional word bitmap xxxx indicating the address line or bits that have failed For example 2C 0002 means address line 1 bit one set has failed 2E 1020 means data bits 12 and 5 bits 12 and 5 set have failed in the lower 16 bits The BIOS also sends the bitmap to the port 80 LED display It first displays the checkpoint code followed by a delay the high order byte another delay and then the low order byte of the error It repeats this sequence continuously B 5 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Notes B 6 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines For the C2SBA II Only After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure SATA HostRAID or SAS HostRAID before you install the Windows Operating System and other software drivers Important Notes to the User Note 1 This chapter describes RAID Configuration Instructions for the Intel ICH9R Host RAID Controller designed for the Windows OS Note 2 If you do not wish to configure onboard SATA or SAS RAID functions plea
69. e at right CD Header A 4 pin CD header is located at CD1 and an Auxiliary header is located at J12 on the moth erboard These headers allow you to use the onboard sound for audio CD playback Con nect an audio cable from your CD drive to the header that fits your cable s connector Only one CD header can be used at any one time See the tables at right for pin definitions in CPU Fan if Gi 4 Pin PWR Su W83627DHG Parallel Port VGA Intel G33 gt NorhBridge Slot PCIE x1 Slot6 PCI E x16 GLAN CTRL SR POLEN g H xer JAE EBEK o Ney WOR a Ado CTRL or EH Ze isi ie ii REEL BE ZS m JI Audio Enabled i i Bizin te ome Ss Fa am JC eps F es BIOS 6B 2 C A a F E D PUE PUB Po c H RECH A SS 3 RK IDE CRUE ma P DO iran e kee ees ee a JPUSB2 mi a e e E YA orn ITE 8212 S SC RRE Set man l gese 2 E LS me Chapter 2 Installation Orange CEN LFE LN SI Blue Line In d Black Back U Surround Grey Side T Surround KE Green Front Ny Sst es Pink Mic In CD1 Pin D
70. e governed by the laws of Santa Clara County in the State of California USA The State of California County of Santa Clara shall be the exclusive venue for the resolution of any such disputes Super Micro s total liability for all claims will not exceed the price paid for the hardware product FCC Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the manufacturer s instruction manual may cause interference with radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on you are encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help California Best Management Practices Regulations for Perchlorate Material
71. e screen below WARNING Configuring drives will write Array Infornation on to the selected drives Drive size will be rounded off to meet standard size Do you want to continue this operation Yes No 6 Make sure that you have selected the correct disk drives to configure If correct type Y to continue SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Creating Arrays Before you create arrays make sure that the disks for the array are connected and installed in your system Note that disks with no usable space or disks that are un initialized or not formatted are shown in gray and cannot be used Note It is recommended that you configure devices before you create arrays To create an array 1 From the main menu shown on page D 4 select Create Array 2 Select the disks for the new array and press Insert as the screen shown below Note To de select any disk highlight the disk and press Delete Select drives to create Array lected Dr ives HI HDC HD 4B5D BBFLf 1 Idi DCH 82 HDC HD740CD BAFLAZ 69 HR 83 HDC HD748GD BAFLAL 69 8GB 5 HDC HD7 4B6D BBFLf 2 69 HR 3 The arrays you have selected will appear on the Selected Drives dialog box on the right as shown below 4 Press Enter when both disks for the new array are selected The Array Proper ties menu displays e Select drives to create Array mme G On C Drives Hp ST38881385S 7 68 ST388813 5S 74 353 HI WDC WHD748BCD BBFLAL AGE 41 HDC HD746CD
72. ecking the CPU fans and the chassis ventilation for blockage High The processor is running hot This is a caution level since the CPU s Tem perature Tolerance has been reached or has been exceeded and may activate an overheat alarm The Default Alarm the Overheat LED and system buzzer will activate if the High condition continues for some time after it is reached The CPU fan will run at full speed to bring the CPU temperature down If the CPU temperature still increases even with the CPU fan running at full speed the system buzzer will activate and the Overheat LED will turn on The Early Alarm the Overheat LED and system buzzer will be activated exactly when the High level is reached The CPU fan will run at full speed to bring the CPU temperature down Note In both the alarms above please take immediate action as shown below See CPU Overheat Alarm to modify the above alarm settings User intervention If the system buzzer and Overheat LED has activated take action immediately by checking the system fans chassis ventilation and room temperature to correct any problems Note the system may shut down if it con tinues for a long period to prevent damage to the CPU Notes The CPU thermal technology that reports absolute temperatures 4 Celsius Fahrenheit has been upgraded to a more advanced feature by Intel in its newer processors The basic concept is each CPU is embedded by unique temperature informa
73. efinition Pin Definition 1 Left Stereo Signal KB OO N Ground Ground Right Stereo Signal A HD Audio B CD In C Front Panel Audio SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual KB MOUSE Front Panel Audio Control When front panel headphones are plugged in the back panel audio output is disabled This is done through the FP Audio header J12 Ifthe front panel interface card is not connected to the front panel audio header jumpers should be installed on the header J12 pin pairs 1 2 5 6 and 9 10 If these jumpers are not installed the back panel line out connector will be disabled and microphone input Pin 1 will be left floating which can lead to excessive back panel microphone noise and cross talk See the table below for pin definitions Power LED The Power LED connector is designated JLED This connection is used to provide LED Indication of power supplied to the system See the table on the right for pin definitions CPU Fan d p S 4 Pin PWR Or Lob High Definition Front Panel Audio Pins Signal 1 MIC_L AUD_GND MIC_R FP_Audio Detect Line_2_R Pull down to Ground FP_Jack Detect Key
74. er management on your system The options are Yes and No 4 7 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual ACPI Sleep Mode This setting allows you to configure the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Sleep Mode for your system The options are 1 S3 and S1S3 High Precision Event Time Select Yes to activate the High Precision Event Timer HPET that produce periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real time Clock RTC can in synchronizing multimedia streams providing smooth playback and reducing the dependency on other timestamp calculation devices such as an x86 RDTSC Instruction embedded in a CPU The High Precision Event Timer is used to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer The default setting is No Power Button Behavior If set to Instant Off the system will power on or power off the system immediately as soon as the user hits the power button The options are Instant Off and 4 second Override Resume On Modem Ring Select On to wake your system up when an incoming call is received by your modem The options are On and Off Resume On PME Select On to wake your system up from the PME The options are On and Off PS2 Keyboard KB Mouse Wake Up Select Enable to wake your system up from S3 S4 or S5 state The options are Enabled and Disabled This feature is available when the jumper JKB is enabled by closing pin 1 and pin 2 Please refer to Chapter 2
75. er reliability security and availability in networking and data sharing The settings are Enabled and Disabled Default Primary Video Adapter This feature allows the user to select the video device used by the BIOS during POST If set to Auto PEG PCI IGD Internal Graphics Device devices will be selected If set to IGD Internal Graphics Device IGD and PCI devices will be selected If set to PEG PEG and PCI devices will be selected If set to PCI PCI PEG and IGD devices will be selected GD Device 2 This feature allows the user to enable or disable Internal Graphics Device 2 by entering a specified value IGD Device 2 Function 1 Select Enabled to enable Function 1 of Internal Graphics Device 2 which will allow IGD Device2 to use a 2nd Adaptor by entering a specified value The options are Auto and Disabled DVMT 4 0 Mode This feature allows the user to configure the DVMT 4 0 Graphics Memory to be used by the Internal Graphics Device The options are Fixed DVMT and Auto Pre allocated Memory Size This feature allows the user to set the total amount of Pre allocated graphics memory to be used by the Internal Graphics Device The options are 1 MB and 8 MB IGD Memory Size This feature allows the user to set the total amount of graphics memory to be used by the Internal Graphics Device The settings are 128 MB 256 MB and MAXDVMT DVMT Graphics Memory This feature allows the user to display the DVMT Graphics Memory set
76. f range and reset the Real Time Clock May require setting legal date 1991 2099 Previous boot incomplete Default configuration used Previous POST did not complete successfully POST loads default values and offers to run Setup If the failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected the next boot will likely fail On systems with control of wait states improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot Run Setup and verify that the waitstate configuration is correct This error is cleared the next time the system is booted Memory Size found by POST differed from CMOS Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS Diskette drive A error Diskette drive B error Drive A or B is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette tests Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached correctly Incorrect Drive A type run SETUP Type of floppy drive A not correctly identified in Setup Incorrect Drive B type run SETUP Type of floppy drive B not correctly identified in Setup A 2 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages System cache error Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache On older boards check the cache jumpers You may have to replace the cache See your dealer A disabled cache slows system performance considerably CPU ID CPU socket number for Multi Processor error EISA CMOS not w
77. he Onboard PCI IDE Submenu This feature allows you to set the IDE RAID Mode The default setting is ATA ATAPI gt PCI E x1 Slot Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following PCI Express Port 1 Select Enabled to always enable PCI Ex1 Port 1 Select Disabled to disable PCI Ex1 Port 1 and all other PCI E ports When set to Auto PCI Ex1 Port 1 will be enabled if a PCI add on card is detected The options are Auto Enabled and Disabled Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected device as the PCI bus master The options are Enabled and Disabled Latency Timer This setting allows you to set the clock rate for the bus master A high priority high throughout device may benefit from a greater clock rate The options are Default 0020h 0040h 0060h 0080h OOAOh OOCOh and OOEOh For Unix Novelle and other Operating Systems please select the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different bus master clock rate gt PEG PCI Express Graphics Port Submenu Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following 4 16 Chapter 4 BIOS PCI Express Graphics PEG Port This submenu is for debugging only
78. he bottom one at a time After installing each item you must re boot the system before proceeding with the next item on the list The bottom icon with a CD on it allows you to view the entire contents of the CD E 1 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual E 2 Configuring Supero Doctor Ill The Supero Doctor III program is a Web base management tool that supports remote management capability It includes Remote and Local Management tools The local management is called the SD III Client The Supero Doctor III program included on the CDROM that came with your motherboard allows you to monitor the environment and operations of your system Supero Doctor Ill displays crucial system information such as CPU temperature system voltages and fan status See the Figure below for a display of the Supero Doctor Ill interface Note 1 Both default user name and password are ADMIN Note 2 In the Windows OS environment the Supero Doctor III settings take pre cedence over the BIOS settings When first installed Supero Doctor IIl adopts the temperature threshold settings previously set in the BIOS Any subsequent changes to these thresholds must be made within Supero Doctor since the SD III settings override the BIOS settings For the Windows OS to adopt the BIOS temperature threshold settings please change the SDIII settings to be the same as those set in the BIOS Supero Doctor Ill Interface Display Screen l Health Information KEN
79. ial Bus 2 0 ports for a speed of up to 480Mbps Realtek ALC 883 7 1 Channel High Definition Audio HDA codec supports 10 DAC Channels Built in GMCH and onboard VGA connector Not available on C2SBE Other Trusted Platform Module TPM 1 2 support For the C2SBA C2SBA II C2SBA only Wake on LAN Wake on Ring WOR System Bus Clock Frequency Selection Overclocking Support Note Suspend to RAM Onboard 3V Standby Power Warning LED LE1 Pb Free CD Utilities BIOS flash upgrade utility Drivers and software for Intel G33 P35 chipset utilities Dimensions ATX form factor 12 0 x 9 6 304 8 x 243 8 mm Chapter 1 Introduction LGA775_PROCESSOR t NCk505 CLK FSB 1333 1066MHz sh eed GRAPHICS G33 P35 DH ii Ce 1 PCIE_x16 x16 GRAPHIC _PCIE x1 e al 4 or 6 SATAII PORTS LECIE Ny PCIE x8 12x USB2 0 USB2 0 1 1 SES PCI_32 3 PCI x32 PORTS eme PCI_32 SPI BIOS j E PCIE_x1 L pe 82566 G_LAN LPC N l F RJ45 PORT W83627DHG 7 1 CH HD_AUDIO LPC I O HD_AUDIO KB MS SER 1 2 PORTS The Intel G33 P35 Chipset System Block Diagram Note This is a general block diagram and may not exactly represent the features on your motherboard See the following pages for the actual specifications of each motherboard Note 1 Integrated Graphics support is not available for the P35 Chipset Note 2 ICH9R is available on the C2SBA II only
80. iguration of chipset registers 3Dh Load alternate registers with CMOS values 41h Initialize extended memory for RomPilot optional 42h Initialize interrupt vectors 45h POST device initialization 46h 2 1 2 3 Check ROM copyright notice 48h Check video configuration against CMOS 49h Initialize PCI bus and devices 4Ah Initialize all video adapters in system 4Bh QuietBoot start optional 4Ch Shadow video BIOS ROM 4Eh Display BIOS copyright notice 4Fh Initialize MultiBoot 50h Display CPU type and speed 51h Initialize EISA board optional 52h Test keyboard 54h Set key click if enabled 55h Enable USB devices 58h 2 2 3 1 Test for unexpected interrupts 59h Initialize POST display service 5Ah Display prompt Press lt ESC gt to enter SETUP 5Bh Disable CPU cache B 2 Appendix B BIOS POST Codes POST Code Description 5Ch 60h 62h 64h 66h 67h 68h 69h 6Ah 6Bh 6Ch 70h 72h 76h 7Ch 7Dh 7Eh 80h 81h 82h 83h 84h 85h 86h 87h 88h 89h 8Ah 8Bh 8Ch 8Fh 90h 91h 92h 93h 95h 96h 97h 98h Test RAM between 512 and 640 kB Test extended memory Test extended memory address lines Jump to UserPatch1 Configure advanced cache registers Initialize Multi Processor APIC Enable external and CPU caches Setup System Management Mode SMM area Display external L2 cache size Load custom defaults optional Display shadow area message Display error messages Check for configuration errors Check
81. ing pop up screen displays See the note on Page C 3 el Port Drive Model Serial H Size Status 3 HDC HI JIKCPA ND HHAL72834971 LH Hon RAI 1 WDC HDZSAASD AIKCRA ND HMAL72834599 _ 232 908 Hon RAID Dis MDC MD2S HJD GRF YBBR MK Mo Hi CE Won II WDC gw GL Ee H NI All Select 2 to 4 disks to ese in creating the volane tl Previous Hext SPACE Selects CENTER Selection Complete e Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight a drive and press lt Space gt to select it A triangle appears to confirm the selection of the drive When all RAID drives for this volume have been selected hit lt Enter gt f When the Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed g Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays h When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 5 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Creating a RAID 10 RAID 1 RAID 0 a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matr ix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 6 1813 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2683 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved C 1 Nane Volunig RAID Level RAIDIB RAIDED Disks Select Disks Strip
82. inue with disk formatting select Yes and hit lt Enter gt Otherwise select No and press lt Enter gt Caution Formatting a disk destroys all data on the drive Be sure to back up your data before formatting a disk Soave Run stin Fated Se Hwe ls Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller ll D 17 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual To verify disk media Sears n Run tn Fated e Ha ze be Adaptec SATA Host RAID Controller 8 Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 8 ST388013AS 3 65 1 5 Gb s SATA Port 1 HDC WD 48GD BFLA1 27 88027 1 5 Gb s SATA Port 2 B8F31 1 5 Gb s SATA Port 3 88D2 1 5 Gb s SATA Port 5 Verify Disk Media B8F31 1 5 Gb s Only drives present at POST are displayed 4 3 When the screen shown above displays select Verify Disk Media and press lt Enter gt 4 A message will display indicating that the selected drive will be scanned for media defects Select Yes and hit lt Enter gt to proceed with disk verifying other wise select No and hit lt Enter gt Terese Run stin Fatada wa Px zx ls Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 D 18 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To Exit Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility 1 Once you have completed RAID array configurations press ESC to exit The following screen will appear 2 Press Yes to exit the Utility D 19 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual D 2 Installing the
83. ions Pin Definition 7 LED_Anode OH Fan Fail LED Signal OH Fan Fail Indicator Status State Definition Off Normal On Overheat Flash Fan Fail ing A NIC1 LED B OH Fan Fail LED LED_Anode LED_Anode LED_Anode X LED_Anode Reset gt Reset Button PWR gt Power Button SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual KBMOUSE Reset Button The Reset Button connection is located on pins 3 and 4 of JF1 Attach it to a hardware reset switch on the computer case Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Power Button The Power Button connection is located on pins 1 and 2 of JF1 Momentarily contacting both pins will power on off the system This button can also be con figured to function as a suspend button with a setting in the BIOS see Chapter 4 To turn off the power when set to sus pend mode press the button for at least 4 seconds Refer to the table on the right for pin definitions Note Do not close or short Pins 1 amp 2 since this will cause the system to continuously reboot Lob X Hp W63627DHG Parae Pon ES A ul SUPER C2SBA a KR E Bet
84. ired connection JL1 Chassis Intrusion Header JLED Onboard Power LED Indicator KB Mouse PS 2 Keyboard Mouse J28 LE1 Standby Power LED Indicator Parrallel Parallel Printer Port J30 SATA 0 1 4 5 Intel SATA 0 1 4 5 Headers See Note 8 Slot 1 Slot 4 PCI 33 MHz PCI 1 4 See Note 5 Slots 5 7 PCI E x4 Slot5 PCI E x16 Slot6 PCI Ex1 Slot7 BP USB 1 2 amp GLAN Back Panel Universal Serial Ports 1 2 amp G LAN Port BP USB 3 6 Back Panel Universal Serial Ports 3 6 J43 FP USB 7 8 9 10 Front Panel USB ports 7 8 J44 USB 9 10 J45 FP USB 11 12 Front Accessible USB ports 11 J47 USB 12 J48 VGA Video Graphics Connector See Note 7 WOL Wake On LAN Header WOR Wake On Ring Header All notes indicated above are listed on Page 1 6 1 5 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Important Notes to the User e 1 Jumpers not indicated are for testing only e 2 See Chapter 2 for detailed information on CPU Heatsink installation memory population jumpers connectors I O ports and JF1 front panel connections 3 p indicates the location of Pin 1 e 4 IDE is available on the C2SBA C2SBA C2SBA II only e 5 PCI Slot 4 is not available on the C2SBA C2SBA HlI e 6 Trusted Platform Module TPM support is available on the C2SBA and C2SBA II C2SBA only 7 VGA is not available on the C2SBE e 8 The ICH9R and SATA Ports 2 amp 3 JS3 4 are available on the C2BA II e 9 G33
85. l lose all data on the disk drives when deleting a RAID set a From the main menu select item2 Delete RAID Volume and press lt Enter gt b Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select the RAID set you want to delete and press lt Del gt A Warning message displays c When asked Are you sure you want to delete this volume Y N press Y to delete the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Delete Volume menu C 8 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Resetting to Non RAID and Resetting a RAID HDD Warning Be cautious when you reset a RAID volume HDD to non AN RAID or Resetting a RAID HDD Resetting a RAID volume HDD or Resetting a RAID HDD will reformat the HDD and delete the internal RAID structure on the drive a From the main menu select item3 Reset Disks to Non RAID and press lt Enter gt The following screen will appear Intel R Natrix Storage Manager option ROM vS 1 8 1813 ICH TE Copyright C 2803 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved 1 Create RAID Volume j Port Drive Model Size Status H NDC NZ Select the disks that should be reset f Previous Next SPACE Selects T ENTER Select ion Complete 114 Se lect ESC Exit 31132332282520 b Use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to highlight the RAID set drive to reset and press lt Space gt to select For this feature to work properly you must select all drives within a RAID volume
86. lect the option other If a drive fails after the installation of a new software you might want to change this setting and try again A different OS requires a different bus master clock rate SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual gt 1 0 Device Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings KBC Clock Input This setting allows you to select the clock frequency for the Keyboard Controller The options are 6MHz 8MHz 12MHz and 16MHz Serial Port A This setting allows you to decide how the system controls Serial Port A The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for Serial Port A The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for Serial Port A The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Serial Port B This setting allows you to decide how the system controls Serial Port B The options are Enabled user defined Disabled Auto BIOS controlled and OS Controlled Mode This setting allows you to set the type of device that will be connected to Serial Port B The options are Normal and IR for an infrared device Base I O Address This setting allows you to select the base I O address for Serial Port B The options are 3F8 2F8 3E8 and 2E8 Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt req
87. lel Printer Port TERE TAN 2 Auto Feed Connector Data Bit 0 4 Error The parallel printer port is located Data Biti 6 at 3 5 at J30 See the table on the right for r Bala Bi e SLCTIN r ain tig 9 Data Bit 3 GND pin definitions De 11 Data Bit 4 12 GND 13 Data Bit 5 14 GND 15 Data Bit 6 16 GND 17 Data Bit 7 18 GND 19 ACK 20 GND 21 BUSY 22 Write Data 23 PE 24 Write Gate 25 SLCT 26 NC o AK CPU Fan SED G r PE n El See an 5 j i E A Parallel Port le wien j S a Bron i ah Bdge T n Slo POLE xt Slo POLE 16 GLANCTRL GE ZE EEN d ae 5990599999999999 ret Battery J an Ado CTRL o a n SE es fe SEET BE CS LL ee km Bate Cola Jr Es Jor EE EE al a DN Sots Peia ND Cis Cisi 5B N f Ps Pi gt HIM Gage mil j mees feo amp S Kach Ee be S Ke mi kaz Cl a CON lori POSH ren C bee Bosse dE mm Ki goo5o069 Qi 2 29 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Floppy Connector Floppy Drive Connector Pin Definitions The floppy connector is located at ping Definition Pin Definition
88. lly tested nnnn kB System RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes successfully tested One or more 120 Block Storage Devices were excluded from the Setup Boot Menu There was not enough room in the IPL table to display all installed 120 block storage devices Operating system not found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A or drive C Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A are properly identified Parity Check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays Parity is a method for checking errors in binary data A parity error indicates that some data has been corrupted Parity Check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I O bus BIOS attempts to locate the address and display it on the screen If it cannot locate the address it displays A 4 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Press lt F1 gt to resume lt F2 gt to Setup lt F3 gt for previous Displayed after any recoverable error message Press lt F1 gt to start the boot process or lt F2 gt to enter Setup and change the settings Press lt F3 gt to display the previous screen usually an initialization error of an Option ROM i e an add on card Write down and follow the information shown on the screen Press lt F2 gt to enter Setup Optional message displayed during POST Can be turned off in Setup P
89. lp 16 36 331 System Date 7 25 26671 lt Tab gt lt Shift Tab gt or Legacy Diskette A 1 4471 25 MB 3 1 lt Enter gt selects field BIOS Date Hard Disk Pre De lau Disabled Serial ATA Enabled Native Mode Operation Auto SATA RAID Enable Disabled SATA AHCI Enable Disabled SATA AHCI Legacy Enable Disabled IDE Channel Master IDE Channel 8 Slave IDE Channel 1 Master IDE Channel i Slave SATA Port 2 SATA Port 3 System Memory CXXXX KB Extended Memory XXXX KB tL ESCH F9 Esc e gt Enter F10 Main Setup Features System Time To set the system date and time key in the correct information in the appropriate fields Then press the lt Enter gt key to save the data System Date Using the arrow keys highlight the month day and year fields and enter the correct data Press the lt Enter gt key to save the data Legacy Diskette A This setting allows the user to set the type of floppy disk drive installed as diskette A The options are Disabled 360Kb 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720Kb 3 5 in 1 44 1 25MB 3 5 in and 2 88MB 3 5 in BIOS Date The item displays the date that the BIOS was built Hard Disk Pre Delay Select Enable to allow for the time needed for a hard drive to perform initialization before it is accessed by the BIOS after power up to prevent possible system boot failure A boot failure may occur if the BIOS accesses a hard drive that has not been properly initiali
90. m indicates the number of headers Sectors This item displays the number of sectors Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum storage capacity of the system 4 5 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual LBA Format The following items will be displayed by the BIOS Total Sectors This item displays the number of total sectors available in the LBA Format Maximum Capacity This item displays the maximum capacity in the LBA Format Multi Sector Transfers This item allows the user to specify the number of sectors per block to be used in the multi sector transfer The options are Disabled 4 Sectors 8 Sectors and 16 Sectors LBA Mode Control This item determines whether the Phoenix BIOS will access the IDE Channel 0 Master Device via the LBA mode The options are Enabled and Disabled 32 Bit I O This option allows the user to enable or disable the function of a 32 bit data transfer The options are Enabled and Disabled Transfer Mode This option allows the user to set the transfer mode The options are Standard Fast PIO1 Fast PIO2 Fast PIO3 Fast PlO4 FPIO3 DMA1 and FPIO4 DMA2 Ultra DMA Mode This option allows the user to select Ultra DMA Mode The options are Disabled Mode 0 Mode 1 Mode 2 Mode 3 Mode 4 and Mode 5 Installed Memory This display informs you how much system memory is recognized as being present in the system System Memory This display informs you how much memor
91. migrating from single volume to RAID 0 migrating from a larger drive to a smaller drive is allowed However the destination drive must be at least half the capacity of the source drive 6 It is not recommended that you migrate or build an array on Windows dynamic disks volumes because it will result in data loss Warning Do not interrupt the process when you create a RAID 0 using the Migrate option If you do you will not be able to restart the system or to recover the data that was on the source drive D 10 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Adding a Bootable Array To make an array bootable 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the array you want to make bootable and press lt Ctrl gt and lt B gt 3 Enter Y to create a bootable array when the following message is displayed This will make all other existing bootable array non bootable Do you want to make this array bootable Yes No Then a bootable array will be created An asterisk will appear next to the bootable array as shown in the picture below anage Arrays GE reate Array 88 mirror RAID 1 34 468 dd Delete Hotspare _J Configure Drives Deleting a Bootable Array To delete a bootable array 1 From the Main menu select Manage Arrays 2 From the List of Arrays select the bootable array you want to delete and press lt Ctrl gt and lt B gt Note a bootable array is the arr
92. motherboard See the table on the right for jumper settings The default setting is enabled E m CPU Fan Ez E al COM MG Processor Parallel Port Intel G33 SUPER C2SBA Audio CTRL North Bridge Slot PCI E x1 Slot6 PCI E x16 GLAN CTRL LI J Audio Enabled Ce Connector 3 ZS az Jumper Cap 3 2 1 em Setting Pin 1 2 short GLAN Enable Jumper Settings Pin Definition 1 2 Enabled default 2 3 Disabled Floppy m Batey dy AND JEL PER ANG FANS 2 CD N 2 S Dal e Ca a eg E r m JPUSB2 Fal imES ISE Frohes USR D SC ITE 8212 Se 5 KS EEL ECG an Bel EE ER DEES Front Panel CTRL A GLAN Port1 Enable SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual CMOS Clear JBT1 is used to clear CMOS Instead of pins this jumper consists of contact pads to prevent the accidental clearing of CMOS To clear CMOS use a metal object such as a small screwdriver to touch both pads at the same time to short the connection Always remove the AC power cord
93. mple depth up to 192 kHz of same rate and can be used with a variety of microphones for input With these versatile audio capabilities built in the C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE provides the user with a surreal audio experience that is larger than life UO Virtualization Technology VT d With the Intel ICH9 built in the C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE supports I O Virtualization Technology VT d that enables multiple operating systems and ap plications to run in independent partitions Each partition uses its own subset of host physical memory and behaves like a virtual machine VM providing isolation and protection across multiple partitions This feature is available when a processor that supports the virtualization of platforms is installed on the motherboard 1 8 Super UO The disk drive adapter functions of the Super I O chip include a floppy disk drive controller that is compatible with industry standard 82077 765 a data separator write pre compensation circuitry decode logic data rate selection a clock genera tor drive interface control logic and interrupt and DMA logic The wide range of functions integrated onto the Super I O greatly reduces the number of components required for interfacing with floppy disk drives The Super I O supports two 360 K 720 K 1 2 M 1 44 M or 2 88 M disk drives and data transfer rates of 250 Kb s 500 Kb s or 1 Mb s It also provides two high speed 16550 compatible serial communication ports UAR
94. nce operations Boot Item Specific Help User Password Is Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Fixed disk boot sector Normal Password on boot Disabled TPM Support Disabled Fi TL At F9 Esc e gt Enter F18 Supervisor Password Is This item indicates if a supervisor password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a supervisor password has been entered for the system User Password Is This item indicates if a user password has been entered for the system Clear means such a password has not been used and Set means a user password has been entered for the system Set Supervisor Password When the item Set Supervisor Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the Supervisor s password in the dialogue box to set or to change supervisor s password which allows access to the BIOS Set User Password When the item Set User Password is highlighted hit the lt Enter gt key When prompted type the user s password in the dialogue box to set or to change the user s password which allows access to the system at boot up 4 22 Chapter 4 BIOS Fixed Disk Boot Sector Select Normal to enable the function of Write Protect to protect the boot sector on the hard drives against viruses Password on Boot When this feature is set to Enabled a password is required for a user to enter the system at bootup The options are Enabled
95. ng Select this setting if you want the CPU overheat alarm including the LED and the buzzer to be triggered when the CPU temperature reaches about 5 C above the threshold temperature as predefined by the CPU manufacturer to give the CPU and system fans additional time needed for CPU and system cooling The Early Alarm Setting Select this setting if you want the CPU overheat alarm including the LED and the buzzer to be triggered as soon as the CPU temperature reaches the CPU overheat threshold as predefined by the CPU manufacturer CPU1 Temperature The CPU Temperature feature will display the CPU temperature status as detected by the BIOS 4 19 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Low This level is considered as the normal operating state The CPU temperature is well below the CPU Temperature Tolerance The motherboard fans and CPU will run normally as configured in the BIOS Fan Speed Control User intervention No action required Medium The processor is running warmer This is a precautionary level and generally means that there may be factors contributing to this condition but the CPU is still within its normal operating state and below the CPU Temperature Tolerance The motherboard fans and CPU will run normally as configured in the BIOS The fans may adjust to a faster speed depending on the Fan Speed Control settings User intervention No action is required However consider ch
96. ng a processor architecture independent implementation that is compatible with Windows 2000 Windows XP Windows 2003 Windows 2003 Servers Enhanced Power Management The onboard ICH9 ICHYR chip provides advanced power management functions that will greatly improve the performance of various low power Suspend states and SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual enhance clock control A hardware based component provides software indepen dent thermal management that is compatible with the ACPI Revision 3 0a Slow Blinking LED for Suspend State Indicator When the CPU goes into a suspend state the chassis power LED will start blinking to indicate that the CPU is in suspend mode When the user presses any key the CPU will wake up and the LED will automatically stop blinking and remain on BIOS Support for USB Keyboard If the USB keyboard is the only keyboard in the system it will function like a normal keyboard during system boot up Wake On LAN WOL Wake On LAN is defined as the ability of a management application to remotely power up a computer that is powered off Remote PC setup up dates and asset tracking can occur after hours and on weekends so that daily LAN traffic is kept to a minimum and users are not interrupted The motherboard has a 3 pin header WOL to connect to the 3 pin header on a Network Interface Card NIC that has WOL capability In addition an onboard LAN controller can also support WOL without
97. o o co S l il o PERE U3 m SPSE Audio Enabled Ew lt ece ee e ES d z EH GN ag Ser Alaa NE Bad Ges SH 200000000 Le e KO PCI J3MRz IT E Er Cecile oo m s Q Emi r a ee JPUSB2 i Aces USE Tik ira USB 1 A n DEE ITE 8212 98888888 0888898882 P Bee AT FORARE Buzze rn G B y E D gt z lt CT A SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Notes 2 32 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting 3 1 Chapter 3 Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Procedures Use the following procedures to troubleshoot your system If you have followed all of the procedures below and still need assistance refer to the Technical Support Procedures and or Returning Merchandise for Service section s in this chapter Always disconnect the AC power cord before adding changing or installing any hardware components 1 Before Power On Make sure that there are no short circuits between the motherboard and chas sis Disconnect all ribbon wire cables from the motherboard including those for the keyboard and mouse Remove all add on cards Install a CPU and heatsink making sure it is fully seated and connect the chassis speaker and the power LED to the motherboard Check all jumper settings as well Use the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the Manufacturer Do not install the CMOS battery upside down to avoid possible explosion Make sure that the 4 pin 12v
98. ocation KENOUSE S CPU Fan E ES JKB a 7 COME Han ATX PWR DIMM1A DIMMZB A Power LED Intel G33 JPUSB1 Fan5 Floppy North Bridge Slot PCIE x1 Slot6 PCI E x16 GLAN CTRL H ANE FANS OP SI Audio CTRL o EN i i Soia Persz I JPEE Audio Enabled 5 ooo 06 o o o CD N y E d Se Sau E N Ia S e ES in IDE CTRL s D Bau pe BEER EE JPUSB2 ooo ee oA e AA E ITE 8212 5 TON ott FOE E ege oe Go KEES Chapter 2 Installation 2 9 Parallel Port Floppy Drive and IDE Hard Drive Connections Note the following when connecting the floppy and hard disk drive cables The floppy disk drive cable has seven twisted wires Ared mark on a wire typically designates the location of pin 1 s A single floppy disk drive ribbon cable has two connectors to provide for two floppy disk drives The connector with twisted wires always connects to drive A and the connector that does not have twisted wires always connects to drive B Parallel Printer Port Connector Pin Definitions Definition Pin Definition Paral
99. omputer chassis provides excellent conductivity between the power supply the case the mounting fasteners and the motherboard Use only the correct type of onboard CMOS battery as specified by the manu facturer Do not install the onboard battery upside down to avoid possible explo sion Unpacking The motherboard is shipped in antistatic packaging to avoid static damage When unpacking the board make sure the person handling it is static protected 2 2 Motherboard Installation Note Be sure to mount the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU onto the motherboard All motherboards have standard mounting holes to fit different types of chassis Make sure that the locations of all the mounting holes for both motherboard and chassis match Make sure that the metal standoffs click in or are screwed in tightly Then use a screwdriver to secure the motherboard onto the motherboard tray Caution 1 Please do not use a force greater than 8 lb inch on each mounting screw during motherboard installation 2 Some components are very close to the mounting holes Please take precautionary measures to prevent damage to these components when installing the motherboard to the chassis 2 1 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual 2 3 Processor and Heatsink Fan Installation When handling the processor package avoid placing direct pressure on the label area of the fan Notes 1 Always connect the power cord las
100. ou need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver displays 3 When the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify additional device s 4 Insert the driver diskette ITE RAID XP 2000 2003 Driver for IDE into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key 5 Press the lt Enter gt key to proceed with the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation 6 From the Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The XP 2000 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue with the Windows XP 2000 2003 installation 7 After the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot 8 Insert the Supermicro Setup CD that came with your motherboard into the CD Drive during system boot and the main screen will display SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Notes Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines For the C2SBA II Only After all the hardware has been installed you must first configure the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID before you install the Windows operating system The necessary drivers are all included on the Supermicro bootable CDs that came packaged with your motherboard Note 1 The following section provide
101. ove and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears Seams Run ection Fated e Px ze ls Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 8 ST388813AS 3 05 1 5 Gb s SATA Port 1 HDC lDT486D B8FLR1 27 808027 1 5 Gb s SATA Port 2 HDC WD74 CD BFLA2 31 B8F31 1 5 Gb s SATA Port 3 HDC WD748GD BAFLA1 27 808027 1 5 Gb s SATA Port 5 HDC WD 48GD 8FLA2 31 88F31 1 5 Gb s Only drives present at POST are displayed HE BE HE HE j D ZER YE CH 2 Select the desired disk and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears D 16 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines To format a disk Note The operation of Formatting Disk allows you to perform a low level format ting of a hard drive by writing zeros to the entire disk Serial ATA drives are low level formatted at the factory and do not need to be low level formatted again 3 When the screen shown below displays select Format Disk and press lt Enter gt The following screen appears Zoe R n tin Katawa e Ha ze Len Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Select SATA Disk and press lt Enter gt SATA Port 8 S1T388013AS 3 05 1 5 Gb s SATA Port 1 HDC WD748CD AAFLAL 27 88027 1 5 Ch s SATA Port 2 BBF31 1 5 Gb s SATA Port 3 Fornat Disk B8D2 1 5 Gb s SATA Port 5 BBF31 1 5 Gb s Only drives present at POST are displayed 4 Read the warning message when it appears in the screen as shown below To cont
102. pdate your BIOS on our web site Select your motherboard model and download the BIOS file to your computer Also check the current BIOS revision and make sure that it is newer than your BIOS before downloading You can choose from the zip file and the exe file If you choose the zip BIOS file please unzip the BIOS file onto a bootable device or a USB pen Run the batch file using the format flash bat filename rom from your bootable device or USB pen to flash the BIOS Then your system will automati cally reboot If you choose the exe file please run the exe file under Windows to create the BIOS flash floppy disk Insert the floppy disk into the system you wish to flash the BIOS Then bootup the system to the floppy disk The BIOS utility will automatically flash the BIOS without any prompts Please note that this process 3 3 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual may take a few minutes to complete Do not be concerned if the screen is paused for a few minutes Question What s on the CD that came with my motherboard Answer The supplied compact disc has quite a few drivers and programs that will greatly enhance your system We recommend that you review the CD and install the applications you need Applications on the CD include chipset drivers security and audio drivers Question How do utilize the onboard HD sound Answer The onboard HD sound available on the C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE can be enabled with
103. pecification and is required Connector Pin Definitions to ensure adequate power to the pro n Segen cessor See the table on the right for enda aes pin definitions 3 and 4 12V J WCS r CPU Fan 8 An Pe B 4P PIR 7 e g 2 eg os KN Parallel Port MG A 24 pin ATX PWR B 4 pin PWR Intel G33 USE TZ USE Fan5 North Bridge Slot PCIE x1 Slot6 PCI E x16 GLAN CTRL Ki k en PER WOR igs Dsg j Audio CTRL sue SE i i EELER SE JPEE Audio Enabled ish ited a Cen EE 3 jiana ae oe oe nae apa Lamm Usee ol 2 P CD N Sood Pek Ste BIS BE E oO FUSE FUSES mele ope LS 3 E e Gs o EL e CEO AM a RI IDE CTRL 5 COZ Sot PCRS SERR aee Buzzes oe Yee Een SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Universal Serial Bus USB Back Panel USB 1 6 Pin Definitions There are 12 USB 2 0 Universal Pin Definitions Serial Bus ports nheaders on the 1 5V motherboard Six of them are Back 2 PO Panel USB ports USB 1 2 J11 and 3 PO USB 3 4 5 6 J43 USB 7 8 J44 4 Ground and USB
104. plug the power cord from the power supply 2 Disconnect the heatsink fan wires from the CPU fan header 3 Use your finger tips to gently press on the fastener cap and turn it counterclockwise to make a 1 4 90 turn and then pull the fastener upward to loosen it 4 Repeat Step 3 to loosen all fasteners from the mounting holes 5 With all fasteners loosened remove the heatsink from the CPU 2 5 Chapter 2 Installation SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual 2 4 Installing DIMMs Note Check the Super Micro web site for recommended memory modules CAUTION Exercise extreme care when installing or removing DIMM modules to prevent any possible damage Also note that the memory is interleaved to improve performance See step 1 DIMM Installation 1 Insert the desired number of DIMMs into the memory slots starting with DIMM1A The memory scheme is interleaved so you must install two modules at a time beginning with DIMM1A DIMM1B then DIMM2A and DIMM2B 2 Insert each DIMM module vertically into its slot Pay attention to the notch along the bottom of the module to prevent inserting the DIMM module incorrectly 3 Gently press down on the DIMM module until it snaps into place in the slot Repeat for all modules See step 1 above Memory Support The C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE supports up to 8 GB Unbuffered Non ECC DDR2 800 677 MHz in 4 DIMMs Populating DIMM 1A DIMM 1B and or DIMM
105. pported by the CPU This feature allows the CPU to operate at higher voltage settings than normal settings The options are Disabled 5 10 and 15 Please note that Supermicro does not recommend CPU OverVoltage because it might cause the system to become unstable The default setting is Disabled Memory OverVoltage Available when supported by the CPU This feature allows memory modules to operate at higher voltage settings than normal settings The options are Disabled 5 10 and 15 Please note that Supermicro does not recommend Memory OverVoltage because it might cause the system to become unstable The default setting is Disabled Core Multi Processing Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to use a processor s Second Core and beyond Please refer to Intel s web site for more information The options are Disabled and Enabled Machine Checking Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to detect and report hardware machine errors via a set of model specific registers MSRs The options are Disabled and Enabled 4 9 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Fast String Operations Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to enable the fast string operations for special CPU instructions The options are Disabled and Enabled Compatible FPU Code Available when supported by the CPU Set to Enabled to keep the
106. preserve RAID 1 Build Any time you wish to create a RAID 1 but especially if you have data on one drive that you wish to preserve RAID 1 Clear Creating a RAID 1 on new drives or when you want to ensure that the array contains no data after creation RAID 1 Quick Fastest way to create a RAID 1 Appropriate when using new drives RAID 1 Init Note If you select Migrate for RAID 0 or Build for RAID 1 you will be asked to select the source drive The contents of the source drive will be preserved How ever the data on the new drive will be lost D 9 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual 5 When you are finished press lt Done gt as the screen shown below Array Type RAID O Stripe Array Label Stripe Array Size 68 938 GB Stripe Size 64KB Create RAID via No Init Done Notes 1 Before adding a new drive to an array be sure to back up any data stored on the new drive otherwise all data will be lost 2 If you stop the Build or Clear process on a RAID 1 you can restart it by press ing lt Ctrl gt and lt R gt 3 If you ve used the Quick Init option to create a RAID1 it may return some data mis comparison when you run a consistency check at a later time This is normal 4 The Adaptec Host RAID allows you to use drives of different sizes in a RAID However you can only select a smaller drive as the source or first drive during a build operation 5 When
107. r wun le 2 21 Explanation of Jumpers ipinin sed dae Aj REVA Kek e NA D kan a kab a eE aaia 2 21 GLAN Enable DiSs a D sas y no n n d ek KE beb Wek ra Fa Ab eya a 2 21 Mea eg ln ya Ka Alka ake da E Ee E XE REW RE ee A Dk un e A AA KA 2 22 Watch Dog Enable iA cin ria ainga ll ki adan An xana xab ai s n b k kk Ak a den 2 22 PCI PCI Exp Slots to SMB Speeds ccccccccccecececececececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetees 2 23 Keyboard Wake Up arininn airaa kiana Ea x askan k da kela ka a ama v ke q yk sl k za kak 2 23 IDE Enabl e Disable icici cocasectesaag xe dal ayan la lay n eege te ere KAN N ad WRA at 2 24 TPM Ena bl d k x deeler 2 24 Audio Enable iis se kal madi a n l a daa ka Ge i 2 25 USB Wakes Di i xn n ENEE Dee 0 abin KO xun ek ae Sel n Kela ked nne EREE 2 26 2 9 Orboard IndiGalO a s adv n ad ker yelda econ Kev e k y d v yay Ve e dkey ceke Ze 2 27 GLEAN LED Indicators 21 ci Avec xd ak sih n eh Anse Kaka d eke s kan EEN 2 27 Onboard Power LEI esoe lk Axay Werdek k RA sa yene an deken ea ky e a 2 28 2 9 Parallel Port Floppy Drive and IDE Hard Drive Connections 2 29 Parallel Port Connector keka keke ke kek k k k k k k k 2 29 FIOPpy COMNECHOR ienenge eheee si 210 yaaa Ara a a MEND sab R k sk Aaaa K innana 2 30 IDE Conner s ix 32 Xal d n lse be y
108. r 3 Troubleshooting 3 4 Returning Merchandise for Service A receipt or copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required before any warranty service will be rendered You can obtain service by calling your vendor for a Returned Merchandise Authorization RMA number When returning to the manufacturer the RMA number should be prominently displayed on the outside of the shipping carton and mailed prepaid or hand carried Ship ping and handling charges will be applied for all orders that must be mailed when service is complete This warranty only covers normal consumer use and does not cover damages incurred in shipping or from failure due to the alteration misuse abuse or improper maintenance of products During the warranty period contact your distributor first for any product prob lems 3 5 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual 3 6 Chapter 4 BIOS Chapter 4 BIOS 4 1 Introduction This chapter describes the Phoenix BIOS Setup utility for the C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE The Phoenix ROM BIOS is stored in a flash chip and can be easily upgraded using a floppy disk based program Note Due to periodic changes to the BIOS some settings may have been added or deleted and might not yet be recorded in this manual Please refer to the Manual Download area of the Super Micro web site lt http www supermicro com gt for any changes to the BIOS not reflected in this manual System BI
109. r gt Note For a server please use a lower stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size The default stripe size is 128 KB g Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays h When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 4 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Creating a RAID 1 Volume a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 6 1813 ICH 7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2683 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved J Nane Volunl RAID Level RAIDI Miror Disks Select Disks Strip Size NA Capacity 8 8 GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 1 set and press the lt Tab gt key or the lt Enter gt key to go to the next field You can use the lt Esc gt key to select the previous menu c When RAID Level item is highlighted press the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 1 Mirror and hit lt Enter gt d When Select Disks Item is height lighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The follow
110. r stripe size and for a multimedia system use a higher stripe size g When the RAID Volume Capacity item is highlighted enter your RAID volume capacity and hit lt Enter gt The default setting is the maximum capacity allowed h Press lt Enter gt when the Create Volume item is highlighted A warning message displays i When asked Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N press Y to create the RAID volume or type N to go back to the Create Volume menu C 6 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Creating a RAID 5 Set Parity a Select Create RAID Volume from the main menu and press the lt Enter gt key The following screen will appear Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 1 6 1613 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2883 85 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved d Nane Volung RAID Level RAIDS Parity Disks Select Disks Strip Size 64 KB Capacity RR GB Create Volune Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This nane is case sensitive and can not contain special characters b Specify a name for the RAID 5 set and press lt Enter gt c When the Raid Level is highlighted use the lt Up Arrow gt lt Down Arrow gt keys to select RAID 5 Parity and hit lt Enter gt d When the Disk item is highlighted press lt Enter gt to select the HDD to configure as RAID The following pop screen displays See the
111. reen press lt Enter gt The OS Setup will automati cally load all device files and then continue with the Windows OS installation m After the Windows OS Installation is completed the system will automatically reboot D 20 Appendix E Software Installation Instructions Appendix E Software Installation Instructions E 1 Installing Drivers After you ve installed the Windows Operating System a screen as shown below will appear You are ready to install software programs and drivers that have not yet been installed To install these software programs and drivers click the icons to the right of these items SUPERMICRO C2SBA C2SBE C2SBA Motherboard Drivers amp Tools WinxP Intel Bearlake Chipset INF Files S U P E R M I G R Microsoft Direct 9 0 Drivers amp Tools Intel G33 Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver Chipset C2SBA C2SBA Universal Audio Architecture Driver Intel P35 Chipset Realtek High Definition Audio Driver C2SBE Intel PRO Network Connections Driver TPM Software Package SUPERMICRO Supero Doctor III Build driver diskettes and manuals SUPERMICRO Computer Inc Browse CD I Auto Start Up Next Time For more information please visit SUPERMICRO s web site Driver Tool Installation Display Screen Note Click the icons showing a hand writing on the paper to view the readme files for each item Click a computer icon to the right of an item to install an item from top to t
112. riteable ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot write to EISA CMOS DMA Test Failed ServerBlIOS2 test error Cannot write to extended DMA Direct Memory Access registers Software NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error Cannot generate software NMI Non Maskable Interrupt Fail Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBlOS2 test error Fail Safe Timer takes too long Device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device Allocation Error for device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve resource conflict for the specified device CD ROM Drive CD ROM Drive identified Entering SETUP Starting Setup program Failing Bits nnnn The hex number nnnn is a map of the bits at the RAM address which failed the memory test Each 1 one in the map indicates a failed bit See errors 230 231 or 232 above for offset address of the failure in System Extended or Shadow memory Fixed Disk n Fixed disk n 0 3 identified A 3 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM CMOS data UO device IRQ conflict UO device IRQ conflict error PS 2 Mouse Boot Summary Screen PS 2 Mouse installed nnnn kB Extended RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn Cache SRAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of system cache in kilobytes successfully tested nnnn kB Shadow RAM Passed Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes successfu
113. ront Panel CTRL SEO SI five CTRL Rech e ga E GE HEW COM ott PC SSMHZ Busch Can ese Ze E LS SUPER C2SBA Chapter 2 Installation Fan Headers The C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE has five chassis fan headers Fan 1 to Fan 5 Fan 1 is the CPU Fan Fan 2 to Fan 5 are system chassis fans Note Pins 1 3 of a 4 pin fan headers are backward compatible with the traditional 3 pin fans See the table on the right for pin definitions The onboard fan speeds are controlled by Thermal Management via BIOS Hardware Monitoring in the Advanced Setting Note Default Disabled When using Thermal Management settings please use all 3 pin fans or all 4 pin fans on the motherboard Fan Header Pin Definitions Pin Definition Ground 12V Tachometer PWR Modulation VGA Connector Not available on the C2SBE A VGA connector JG1 is located next to the USB ports on the IO backplane Refer to the board layout below for the location KBIMOUSE so W83627DHG x Han ATX PWR Fan 1 CPU Fan DE D gt e Intel 33 _ Fan 2 A 4
114. rrays select the array you want to rebuild 2 Press lt Ctrl gt and lt R gt to rebuild anage Arrays reate Array dd Delete Hotspare Configure Drives Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines Deleting Arrays Warning Back up the data on an array before you delete it to prevent data loss Deleted arrays cannot be restored To delete an existing array 1 From the main menu shown on Page D 4 select Manage Arrays 2 Select the array you wish to delete and press lt delete gt 3 In the Array Properties dialog box select Delete and press lt Enter gt The fol lowing prompt is displayed Warning Deleting the array will render array unusable Do you want to delete the array Yes No RAID 1 only the following prompt is also displayed Deleting the partition will result in data loss Do you also want to delete the parti tion Yes No 4 Press Yes to delete the array and partition or No to return to the previous menu 5 Press Esc to return to the previous menu D 15 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Using the Disk Utilities The Disk Utilities enable you to format or verify the media of your Serial ATA hard disks To access the disk utilities Ceres Ren etn Fated we Px sis Adaptec SATA HostRAID Controller 8 Options Array Configuration Utility Disk Utilities 1 From the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility Menu select Disk Utilities as shown ab
115. s This Perchlorate warning applies only to products containing CR Manganese Dioxide Lithium coin cells Perchlorate Material special handling may apply See www dtsc ca gov hazardouswaste perchlorate WARNING Handling of lead solder materials used in this product may expose you to lead a chemical known to the State of California to cause birth defects and other reproductive harm Manual Revision Rev 1 1b Release Date March 6 2009 Unless you request and receive written permission from Super Micro Computer Inc you may not copy any part of this document Information in this document is subject to change without notice Other products and companies referred to herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies or mark holders Copyright 2009 by Super Micro Computer Inc All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America Preface Preface About This Manual This manual is written for system integrators PC technicians and knowledgeable PC users lt provides information for the installation and use of the SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE motherboard The C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE supports single Intel Xeon 3000 Series Core 2 Quad Core 2 Duo Processor with a system bus speed of up to 1 33 GHz The Intel Core 2 Quad Core 2 Duo Processor supports the 775 Land Grid Array Package which interfaces with the motherboard via an LGA775 socket With the support of the Quad Core Dual Core
116. s Base Specifica tion revision 1 1 This PCI E x16 port runs at a frequency of 2 5 GB s on each lane and supports a maximum theoretical bandwidth of 40 GB s in each direction for an aggregate of 8 GB s x16 It supports traditional PCI AGP style traffic and a PCI Exp Enhanced Addressing Mechanism with advanced capabilities in automatic discovery negotiation and training of link out of reset Providing the high speed chip to chip connection between the GMCH and ICH9 ICHOR is the Direct Media Interface DMI The DMI integrates advanced priority based servicing allowing for concurrent traffic true isochronous transfer capabilities and permitting current as well as legacy software to function seamlessly Intel ICH9 ICH9R System Features The Intel 9th Generation I O Controller Hub ICH9 ICH9R supports a variety of I O related functions and PCI devices including the following e DMI to PCI Bridge LPC Controller Thermal Subsystem SMBus Controller k USB FS LS UHCI Controllers 1 2 and 3 1 10 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 3 Recovery from AC Power Loss BIOS provides a setting for you to determine how the system will respond when AC power is lost and then restored to the system You can choose for the system to remain powered off in which case you must hit the power switch to turn it back on or for it to automatically return to a power on state See the Power Lost Con trol setting in the BIOS chapter of this manual to
117. s information on the Adaptec SATA RAID Driver based on the Intel ICH9R Controller D 1 Introduction to the Adaptec Embedded SATA RAID Controller Driver Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface It uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports SATA Transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Paral lel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis than Parallel ATA In addition the cables used in PATA can only extend to 40cm long while Serial ATA cables can extend up to one meter Overall Serial ATA provides better functionality than Parallel ATA Introduction to the Intel ICH9R Controller Hub Located in the South Bridge of the Intel G33 Chipset the ICH9R Controller Hub provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports the Adaptec s firmware which support up to six Serial ATA drives up to two RAID volumes and up to six drives in RAID Configurations Adaptec s SATA HostRAID Controller Firmware supports Drives supported Four Number of RAID Volumes supported Two Total Drives in RAID Configurations Four Examples of Valid RAID Configurations Two drives of RAID 1 two drives of RAID 0 Two drives of RAID 1 two drives of RAID 1 Three drives of RAID 0
118. se go directly to Section C 2 and Appendix D for the operating system amp other software installation instructions C 1 Introduction to Serial ATA and Parallel ATA To configure the SATA RAID functions you must first use the Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Utility program to configure the RAID Level that you desire before installing the Windows XP 2003 operating system and other software drivers The necessary drivers are all included on the Super Micro CD that came packaged with your motherboard Note the current version of the ICH9R SATA RAID Utility can only support Windows XP 2003 Operating Systems Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA SATA is a physical storage interface that uses a single cable with a minimum of four wires to create a point to point connection between devices It is a serial link which supports transfer rates up to 3 0 Gbps Because the serial cables used in SATA are thinner than the traditional cables used in Parallel ATA PATA SATA systems have better airflow and can be installed in smaller chassis In addition the cables used in PATA are limited to a length of 40cm while Serial ATA cables can be up to one meter in length Overall SATA provides better func tionality than PATA Introduction to the Intel ICH9R Serial RAID Located in the South Bridge of the G33 chipset the I O Controller Hub ICH9R provides the I O subsystem with access to the rest of the system It supports 1 channel UltraATA 100 Bus Master IDE controller
119. self 2 el Instructions to be strictly followed to prevent catastrophic system failure or to avoid bodily injury Warning Important information given to ensure proper system installation or to prevent damage to the components Note Additional Information given to differentiate various models or to ensure cor rect system setup SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Table of Contents About This Ou UE iii Manual Organization iii Conventions Used in the Manual iii Chapter 1 Introduction WW Overview oeei acs Fess NNN NM MMAMNN NHNHNnNNnNnNnNnN T o_ z 1 1 Ee Al E 1 1 Contacting Super Micro 1 2 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE Image EEEUEUEEUUUL UUEEjL 1 3 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE Layout 1 4 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE Quick Reference 1 5 Motherboard Features L lkh Ei kk kk kk k kek k kk kk KA KA KA KA KA KA KA 1 7 Intel G33 P35 Chipset System Block Diagram 1 9 1 2 Chipset Overview ENEE 1 10 1 3 Recovery from AC Power LOSS kkL EEE KK KK Ke 1 11 1 4 PC Health Monitoring E KK 1 11 1 5 AGPI Fe Al 5i lt s allay Zimanan ai aelna kanan Nan avah d dada EEN 1 11 1 6 Power SUPPLY E 1 12 1 7 Versatile Media Capabilities LL kk kk kk kk kk kk keke 1 13 1 8 S per O spdis iH HN 1 13 Chapter 2 Installation 2 1 Static Sensitive Devices ENEE
120. sical Presence operations Boot Item Specific Help Exit Discarding Changes Exit System Setup and Load Setup Defaults save your changes to A CMOS Discard Changes Save Changes F1 tL e F9 Esc lt gt Enter r18 Exit Saving Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made and to exit the BIOS Setup utility Exit Discarding Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to exit the BIOS Setup utility without saving any changes you may have made Load Setup Defaults Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to load the default settings for all items in the BIOS Setup These are the safest settings to use Discard Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to discard cancel any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility Save Changes Highlight this item and hit lt Enter gt to save any changes you made You will remain in the Setup utility 4 26 Appendix A BIOS POST Messages Appendix A BIOS POST Messages During the Power On Self Test POST the BIOS will check for problems If a prob lem is found the BIOS will activate an alarm or display a message The following is a list of such BIOS messages Failure Fixed Disk Fixed disk is not working or not configured properly Check to see if fixed disk is at tached properly Run Setup Find out if the fixed disk type is correctly identified Stuck key Stuck key on keyboard Keyboard error Key
121. splay when your system first boots up System configuration An example of a Technical Support form is on our web site at http www supermicro com support contact cfm 4 Distributors For immediate assistance please have your account number ready when placing a call to our technical support department We can be reached by e mail at support supermicro com by phone at 408 503 8000 option 2 or by fax at 408 503 8019 3 3 Frequently Asked Questions Question What type of memory does my motherboard support Answer The C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE supports unbuffered DDR2 667 800 MHz memory modules See Section 2 4 for details on installing mem ory Question Why does Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and Windows Vista show less memory than what is physically installed Answer Microsoft implemented a design change in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 SP2 and Windows Vista This change is specific to the Physical Address Extension PAE mode behavior which improves driver compatibility For more in formation please read the following article at Microsofts Knowledge Base website at http support microsoft com kb 888137 Question How do update my BIOS Answer It is recommended that you do not upgrade your BIOS if you are not experiencing any problems with your system Updated BIOS files are located on our web site at http www supermicro com support bios Please check our BIOS warning message and the information on how to u
122. t and always remove it before addin removing or changing any hardware components Make sure that you install the rocessor into the CPU LGA 775 socket before you install the CPU heatsink 2 The Intel LGA 775 Processor package contains the CPU fan and heatsink as sembly If you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certified multi directional heatsink and fan 3 Make sure to install the motherboard into the chassis before you install the CPU heatsink and fan 4 When purchasing an LGA 775 Processor or when receiving a motherboard with an LGA 775 Processor pre installed make sure that the CPU plastic cap is in place and none of the CPU pins are bent otherwise contact the retailer immediately 5 Refer to the MB Features Section for more details on CPU support Installation of the LGA 775 Processor Load Lever top of the 1 Press the load lever to release Load Plate NM the load plate which covers the CPU i socket from its locking position 2 Gently lift the load lever to open the load plate Load Plate cal with PnP Cap tare attached r 2 2 3 Use your thumb and your index finger to hold the CPU at the North Center Edge and the South Center Edge of the CPU 4 Align CPU Pin1 the CPU corner marked with a triangle against the socket corner that is marked with a triangle cutout 5 Align the CPU key that is the semi circle cutout below a golden dot against the socket key the No
123. t may be written to port 80h POST Code Description 02h Verify Real Mode 03h Disable Non Maskable Interrupt NMI 04h Get CPU type 06h Initialize system hardware 07h Disable shadow and execute code from the ROM 08h Initialize chipset with initial POST values 09h Set IN POST flag OAh Initialize CPU registers OBh Enable CPU cache 0Ch Initialize caches to initial POST values OEh Initialize UO component OFh Initialize the local bus IDE 10h Initialize Power Management 11h Load alternate registers with initial POST values 12h Restore CPU control word during warm boot 13h Reset PCI Bus Mastering devices 14h Initialize keyboard controller 16h 1 2 2 3 BIOS ROM checksum 17h Initialize cache before memory Auto size B 1 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual POST Code Description 18h 8254 timer initialization 1Ah 8237 DMA controller initialization 1Ch Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 20h 1 3 1 1 Test DRAM refresh 22h 1 3 1 3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 24h Set ES segment register to 4 GB 28h Auto size DRAM 29h Initialize POST Memory Manager 2Ah Clear 512 kB base RAM 2Ch 1 3 4 1 RAM failure on address line xxxx 2Eh 1 3 4 3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus 2Fh Enable cache before system BIOS shadow 32h Test CPU bus clock frequency 33h Initialize Phoenix Dispatch Manager 36h Warm start shut down 38h Shadow system BIOS ROM 3Ah Auto size cache 3Ch Advanced conf
124. ta processing and operation The options are Disabled USWC Caching Write Through Write Protect and Write Back Cache E000 E3FF Cache E400 E7FF Cache E800 EBFF Cache EC00 EFFF Select Disabled to prevent the data stored in the memory block specified from being cached into a cache area in the CPU or a buffer in the Static DROM Select USWC Caching to use the Uncached Speculative and Write Combined Mode for the data in the memory block specified Select Write Through to allow the data stored in the 4 14 Chapter 4 BIOS memory block specified to be cached into a CPU cache area and written into the system memory at the same time Select Write Protect to prevent data from being written into the memory block specified Select Write Back to allow the CPU to write data back directly from the buffer to the memory block specified without writing data to the System Memory for fast CPU data processing and operation The options are Disabled USWC Caching Write Through Write Protect and Write Back gt PNP Configuration Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings for PNP Play amp Plug devices gt PCI Device Slot 1 PCI Device Slot 4 Access the submenu for each of the settings above to make changes to the following settings Option ROM Scan When enabled this setting will initialize the device expansion ROM The options are Enabled and Disabled Enable Master This setting allows you to enable the selected
125. tch on the same side of the triangle cutout on the socket 6 Once aligned carefully lower the CPU straight down to the socket Note Do not drop the CPU on the socket Do not move the CPU horizon tally or vertically Do not rub the CPU against the surface or against any pins of the socket to avoid damage to the CPU or the socket 7 With the CPU inside the socket inspect the four corners of the CPU to make sure that the CPU is properly installed 8 Use your thumb to gently push the load lever down to the lever lock 9 If the CPU is properly installed into the socket the plastic PnP cap will be automatically released from the load plate when the load lever is pushed in the lever lock Remove the PnP cap from the motherboard ZAN Warning Please save the plas tic PnP cap The motherboard must be shipped with the PnP cap properly installed to protect the CPU socket pins Shipment without the PnP cap properly installed will cause damage to the socket pins 2 3 Socket Key Socket Notch CPU Key semi circle cutout below the circle Chapter 2 Installation North Center Edge Load Lever Z7 Plastic cap is released from the load plate if CPU properly installed SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Installation of the Heatsink 1 Locate the CPU Fan on the mother board Refer to the layout on the right for the CPU Fan location 2 Position the hea
126. the BIOS 8 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 9 During the system boot up press the lt Ctrl gt and lt A gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for Intel RAID Configuration Utility D 2 Appendix D Adaptec HostRAID Setup Guidelines The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA with HostRAID Controller Driver The Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA RAID Controller adds SATA RAID functional ity and performance enhancements to a motherboard RAID striping RAID 0 allows data to be written across multiple drives greatly improving hard disk I O performance RAID mirroring RAID 1 allows data to be simultaneously written to two drives improving data security even if a single hard disk fails A Stripe of Mirrors RAID 10 provides multiple RAID 1 mirrors and a RAID 0 stripe maximiz ing data security and system efficiency By incorporating the Adaptec Embedded Serial ATA into the motherboard design Supermicro s C2SBA II offers the user the benefits of SATARAID without the high costs associated with hardware RAID applications Using the Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility ARC The Adaptec RAID Configuration Utility an embedded BIOS Utility includes the following Array Configuration Utility Use this utility to create configure and manage ar rays Disk Utilities Use this option to format or verify disks To run the Ad
127. the Windows XP 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify ad ditional device s Insert the Driver Diskette ITE 8212 ATA RAID Controller for Windows or the Driver Diskette ITE 8211 ATA ATAPI Controller for Windows into Drive A and press lt Enter gt See Note 1 above When the Windows XP 2003 Setup screen appears press S to specify ad ditional device s Insert the driver diskette Intel AA RAID XP 2003 Driver for ICH9R into Drive A and press the lt Enter gt key Choose the Intel R ICHOR SATA RAID Controller from the list indicated in the XP 2003 Setup Screen and press the lt Enter gt key Press the lt Enter gt key to continue the installation process If you need to specify any additional devices to be installed do it at this time Once all devices are specified press the lt Enter gt key to continue with the installation From the Windows XP 2003 Setup screen press the lt Enter gt key The XP 2003 Setup will automatically load all device files and then continue the Windows XP 2003 installation After the Windows XP 2003 OS Installation is completed the system will auto matically reboot C 10 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines C 3 Installing the Windows XP 2000 2003 OS for Systems without RAID Functions 1 Insert Microsoft s Windows XP 2000 2003 Setup CD in the CD Driver and the system will start booting up from CD 2 Press the lt F6 gt key when the message Press F6 if y
128. the audio driver software that was included in your motherboard package When activated sound will be routed through the jacks next to the LAN Port according to the audio connection descriptions listed on Page 2 8 You must also set the HD Audio setting to Auto in the Advanced Chipset section of the BIOS setup Question installed my microphone correctly but can t record any sound What should I do Answer Go to lt Start gt lt Programs gt lt Accessories gt lt Entertainment gt and then lt Volume Control gt Under the Properties tab scroll down the list of devices in the menu and check the box beside Microphone Question After have installed 4 pieces of 1GB Memory why does the BIOS only detect about 3 145 GB of memory during POST Answer Because the chipset does not support memory remapping and PCI E memory requires a great deal of memory so there is a memory hole located around the 4GB memory address Question How do I connect the ATA100 66 cable to my IDE device s Answer The 80 wire 40 pin high density ATA100 66 IDE cable that came with your system has two connectors to support two drives This special cable must be used to take advantage of the speed the ATA100 66 technology offers Connect the blue connector to the onboard IDE header and the other connector s to your hard drive s Consult the documentation that came with your disk drive for details on actual jumper locations and settings 3 4 Chapte
129. tings Azalia Audio Controller This option allows the user to enable or disable the onboard Azalia Audio Controller 4 12 Chapter 4 BIOS Select Auto to allow the HD Audio Conitroller to be automatically enabled when detected by the BIOS The options are Enable Disabled and Auto Route Port 80h Cycles to This feature allows the user to decide which bus to send debug information to The options are Disabled PCI and LPC gt Memory Cache Cache System BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a System BIOS buffer and allow BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable this function and this area will be reserved for BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Video BIOS Area This setting allows you to designate a reserve area in the system memory to be used as a Video BIOS buffer and allow BIOS to write cache data into this reserved memory area Select Write Protect to enable the function and this area will be reserved for Video BIOS ROM access only Select Uncached to disable this function and make this area available for other devices Cache Base 0 512K If enabled this feature will allow the data stored in the base memory area block 0 512K to be cached written into a buffer a storage area in the Static DROM SDROM or to be written into L1 L2 c
130. tion that the motherboard can read This Temperature Threshold or Temperature Tolerance has been assigned at the factory and is the baseline on which the motherboard takes action during different CPU temperature conditions i e by increasing CPU Fan speed triggering the Overheat Alarm etc Since CPUs can have different Temperature Tolerances the installed CPU can now send information to the motherboard what its Temperature Tolerance is and not the other way around This results in better CPU thermal management 4 20 Chapter 4 BIOS Supermicro has leveraged this feature by assigning a temperature status to certain thermal conditions in the processor Low Medium and High This makes it easier for the user to understand the CPU s temperature status rather than by just simply seeing a temperature reading i e 25 C The information provided above is for your reference only For more information on thermal management please refer to Intels Web site at www Intel com System Temperature This displays the system s absolute temperature reading e 27 C Fan1 Fan 5 If the feature of Auto Fan Control is enabled the BIOS will automatically display the status of the fan as specified Fan Speed Control Modes This feature allows the user to decide how the system controls the speeds of the onboard fans The CPU temperature and the fan speed are correlative When the CPU on die temperature increases the f
131. tsink in such a way that the heatsink fan wires are closest to the CPU fan and are not interfered with other components 3 Inspect the CPU Fan wires to make sure that the wires are routed through the bottom of the heatsink 4 Remove the thin layer of the protec tive film from the copper core of the heatsink Thermal Grease Warning CPU overheat may occur if the protective film is not removed from the heatsink 5 Apply the proper amount of thermal CPU grease on the CPU Note if your heatsink came with a thermal pad please ignore this step 6 If necessary rearrange the wires to make sure that the wires are not pinched between the heatsink and the CPU Also make sure to keep clear ance between the fan wires and the fins of the heatsink Heatsink Fastener 7 Align the four heatsink fasteners with the mounting holes on the mother board Gently push the pairs of diago nal fasteners 1 amp 2 and 3 amp 4 into the mounting holes until you hear a click Note Make sure to orient each fastener in a way that the narrow end of the groove is pointing outward Narrow end of the groove points outward 2 4 8 Repeat Step 6 to insert all four heatsink fasteners into the mounting holes 9 Once all four fasteners are securely insert ed into the mounting holes and the heatsink is properly installed on the motherboard connect the heatsink fan wires to the CPU Fan connector Heatsink Removal 1 Un
132. uest for Serial Port B The options are IRQ3 and IRQ4 Parallel Port This setting allows you to decide how the system controls the parallel port The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS or OS controlled Base I O Address Select the base I O address for the parallel port The options are 378 278 and 3BC 4 18 Chapter 4 BIOS Interrupt This setting allows you to select the IRQ interrupt request for the parallel port The options are IRQ5 and IRQ7 Mode This feature allows you to specify the parallel port mode The options are Output only Bi Directional EPP and ECP DMA Channel This item allows you to specify the DMA channel for the parallel port The options are DMA1 and DMA3 Floppy Disk Controller This setting allows you to assign control of the floppy disk controller The options are Enabled user defined Disabled and Auto BIOS and OS controlled gt Hardware Monitoring CPU Overheat Alarm This option allows the user to select the CPU Overheat Alarm setting which de termines when the CPU OH alarm will be activated to provide warning of possible CPU overheat Warning Any temperature that exceeds the CPU threshold temperature predefined by the CPU manufacturer may result in CPU overheat or system instability When the CPU temperature reaches this predefined threshold the CPU and system cool ing fans will run at full speed The options are The Default Alarm Setti
133. ung Ho 235 Taipei Hsien Taiwan R O C Tel 886 2 8226 3990 Fax 886 2 8226 3991 Web Site www supermicro com tw Technical Support Email support supermicro com tw Tel 886 2 8228 1366 ext 132 or 139 Chapter 1 Introduction SUPER C2SBAtlII C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE Image Note All pictures and drawings shown in this manual were based upon the latest PCB revision available at the time of publishing of the manual The motherboard you ve received may or may not look exactly the same as those in this manual 1 3 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Motherboard Layout GLAN CTRL Slot6 PCI E x16 ja 4Pin PWR fe x A N ep bg e fa North Bridge N Slot POLE xt bes DIMM1A TITAN S 1 0 W83627DHG jim 24 pin ATX PWR Floppy JPL1 DEL S 99 SIS J Bll wal Ki m Battery o Nu fy
134. with the arrow keys You should see the following display See details on how to change the order and specs of boot devices in the Item Specific Help window All Boot BIOS settings are described in this section Boot List Candidate List Enter Boot Priority Order Excluded from Boot Orders The devices included in the boot list section above are bootable devices listed in the sequence of boot order as specified The boot functions for the devices included in the candidate list above are currently disabled Use a lt gt key or a lt gt key to move the device up or down Use the lt f gt key or the lt r gt key to specify the type of an USB device either fixed or removable You can select one item from the boot list and hit the lt x gt key to remove it from the list of bootable devices to make its resource available for other bootable devices Subsequently you can select an item from the candidate list and hit the lt x gt key to remove it from the candidate list and put it in the boot list This item will then become a bootable device See details on how to change the priority of boot order of devices in the Item Specific Help window 4 25 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual 4 8 Exit Choose Exit from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display All Exit BIOS settings are described in this section Main Advanced Security TPM State Phy
135. y is available in the system 4 6 Chapter 4 BIOS 4 4 Advanced Setup Choose Advanced from the Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility main menu with the arrow keys You should see the following display The items with a triangle beside them have sub menus that can be accessed by highlighting the item and pressing lt Enter gt Advanced Security TPM State Physical Presence operations Boot Item Specific Help b gt Advanced Processor Options Advanced Chipset Control Select Boot features Memory Cache PnP Configuration gt 170 Device Configuration gt Hardware Monitor tL e gt gt Boot Features Floppy Check Select Enabled to allow the BIOS to verify the type of floppy drive at bootup Select Disabled to speed up the boot process The settings are Enabled and Disabled Quiet Boot This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the graphic logo screen display during bootup QuickBoot Mode If enabled this feature will speed up the POST Power On Self Test routine by skipping certain tests after the computer is turned on The settings are Enabled and Disabled If Disabled the POST routine will run at normal speed POST Errors Select Enabled to stop the POST routine and allow the system to display error mes sages when an error occurs at bootup The options are Enabled and Disabled ACPI Mode Use this setting to determine whether you want to use the ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface pow
136. ystem we recommend you load the Optimized Default Settings If you have already done so please skip to Step 3 2 Use the arrow keys to select the Exit Settings Once in the Exit settings Scroll down to select Load Optimized Default Settings and press the lt Enter gt key Select OK to confirm the selection Press the lt Enter gt key to load the default settings for the BIOS 3 Use the arrow keys to select the Main section in BIOS 4 Scroll down to SATA RAID Enabled and press lt Enter gt Then select En abled 5 Scroll down to Exit Select Save and Exit from the Exit menu Press the lt Enter gt key to save the changes and exit the BIOS 6 Once you ve exited the BIOS Utility the system will re boot 7 During the system boot up press the lt Ctrl gt and lt I gt keys simultaneously to run the Intel RAID Configuration Utility when prompted by the following message Press lt Ctrl gt lt gt for the Intel RAID Configuration Utility Note The Intel RAID Configuration Utility is only available for systems with two or more drives installed The Intel RAID Utility screen will not display in systems with one drive installed C 2 Appendix C Intel HostRAID Setup Guidelines Using the Intel ICH9R SATA RAID Utility Program 1 Creating Deleting and Resetting RAID Volumes a After the system exits from the BIOS Setup Utility the system will automatically reboot The following screen appears
137. zed The default setting is Disabled 4 3 SUPER C2SBA II C2SBA C2SBA C2SBE User s Manual Serial ATA This setting allows the user to enable or disable the function of the Serial ATA The options are Disabled and Enabled Native Mode Operation Select Serial ATA for SATA or select Auto Native Mode for ATA The options are Serial ATA and Auto Serial ATA SATA RAID Enable C2SBA II Only Select Enable to enable Serial ATA RAID Functions For the Windows OS environment use the RAID driver if this feature is set to Enabled When this item is set to Enabled the item ICH RAID Code Base will be available for you to select either Intel or Adaptec Host RAID firmware If this item is set to Disabled the item SATA AHCI Enable will be available The options are Enabled and Disabled SATA AHCI Enable Select Enabled to use the Serial ATA Advanced Host Interfacing This feature is available when the Windows XP OS the SPI BIOS Chip and the IAA Driver are installed in the system Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled SATA AHCI Legacy Enable Select Enabled use the SATA Advanced Host Interface Legacy Mode When in AHCI Legacy Mode SATA Port 5 and SATA Port 6 are disabled Take caution when using this function This feature is for advanced programmers only The options are Enabled and Disabled gt SATA Port1 SATA Port2 SATA Port3 SA

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